FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST—PROPER 10
July 10, 2022
AS WE GATHER
A Good Samaritan. This phrase has become a cliché in our culture today that some use without much thought, but how many know the account from which this phrase comes? Today, we hear Jesus tell a parable involving the Good Samaritan in the Holy Gospel. Consider just who this “Good Samaritan” is. Perhaps the One who embodies this Good Samaritan best is our Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ. Jesus comes to us, beaten up by sin and the devil, as good as dead. Yet Jesus touches us with His Word and shelters us in His Church. Taking His love and service even further, Jesus lays down His life for us in His sacrificial death. Having been loved this way, we now “go and do likewise.”
Bible Readings
FIRST READING: Leviticus 19:9–18
(“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”)
EPISTLE READING: Colossians 1:1–14 (Christ has delivered us from darkness.)
HOLY GOSPEL: Luke 10:25–37 (The Good Samaritan)