The Thirteenth Sunday After Trinity

How long would it take to walk 17 miles? That is what the man set out to do in the Parable of the Good Samaritan. His journey from Jerusalem to Jericho, however, was impeded by a group of robbers who stole what he had and left him for dead. In today's Gospel we contemplate what we have lost due to man's fall into sin, the failure of our journey to attain eternal life, the hope that we have in Christ, the Good Samaritan, and the call to love others, as we have been loved by Christ.