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Luke 10:25-37 Samaritan 6 Oct 2025

Luk 10:25 And now a lawyer stood up and, to test him, asked,
'Master, what must I do to inherit eternal life?'
26 He said to him,
'What is written in the Law? What is your reading of it?' 27 He replied,
'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your soul,
with all your strength,
and with all your mind,
and your neighbor as yourself.' 28 Jesus said to him,
'You have answered right, do this and life is yours.' 29 But the man was anxious to justify himself and said to Jesus, 'And who is my neighbor?' ...

Excerpt from THE NEW JERUSALEM BIBLE, copyright (c) 1985 by Darton, Longman & Todd, Ltd. and Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House, Inc. Reprinted by Permission.

Observations

1. Early in the mornings I pray with the daily gospel reading (as in the Catholic Mass)
2. This story and its wording reminds to the story of the rich young man.
3. I observe that the follow up questions bring the lawyer and the rich young man in trouble. It seems they look for excuses for not 'having to follow Jesus'. And I am no better.
4. God ask us to love Him with four attributes. Each attribute is qualified with an 'All.'
5. I must love my neighbor as myself.

Unbelievers

Many unbelievers do far better than I with the 'love your neighbor.'

Prayer

Jesus, guide me into loving my neighbors. Millet first.