Thirteenth Sunday After Trinity

We rejoice this Sunday to hear and consider Jesus’ famous story, “The Parable of the Good Samaritan,” from Luke 10:23-37. We consider our Lord who, the true Good Samaritan, came down to us in our lost and dying condition, pouring on the oil and wine of the Sacraments. He placed us on His own animal, bearing our sin and brokenness in His body on the cross to restore us. Jesus brought us to the inn, that is, the Church, and gave the innkeeper two denarii, that His double forgiveness might continue to be ministered to us. In this way the Lord, by whose Law we are torn and stricken, heals us and revives us by His Gospel and raises us up with Himself.