Which of the three was next to him who fell among the bandits? It is he who exercises mercy towards him, replies the doctor of the law. And Jesus said to him: Go, and do likewise. Luke 10:36, 37.
Christ came to tear down all walls of separation. He came to show that his gift of mercy and love is as unlimited as the air, the light or the showers that refresh the earth. He made no difference between neighbors and strangers, friends and enemies.
He considers no creature unworthy of interest. […] Wherever he finds, he brings a teaching that adapts to time and circumstances. Any indifference, any offense towards men towards their fellow human beings makes him more conscious of the imperative need for his divine-human sympathy regarding these unfortunate people. He must not be able to obtain a title of hope in the body of the people, but to make it justified and irrevocable.
He often encountered beings who, having fallen under the empire of Satan, were incapable of freeing themselves from his traps. To the sick, to the discouraged, to the victims of temptation, to fallen creatures, Jesus spoke words of tender pity – words that we wanted to hear and understand. The Savior met other unfortunate people who lived hand to hand with the enemy of souls. He is encouraged to persevere in the assurance of victory. […]
He sat at the publican’s table, where the honor of inviting sympathy and kindness towards society showed the importance he gave to human dignity; and all longed to become trustworthy.
Although he was Jewish, Jesus mixed freely with the Samaritans. […] He slept under their roofs, ate at their tables of food prepared by them, taught in their streets and treated them with the greatest kindness and kindness. And, while he won their hearts by the sympathy he showed them, his divine grace brought them the salvation rejected by the Jews.
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