15th Sunday, Year C
The Good Samaritan
The Gospel reading for the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C is the well known parable of the “Good Samaritan.” There are a lot of undercurrent in this simple story. A “certain man” is waylaid on the way to Jerusalem. He is not identified by race, nationality or religion. People in positions of leadership in the Jewish faith pass him by. A Samaritan stops to help. Is this important? Would Jesus’ hearers be shocked?
Take a moment and consider these amazing reading from the comfort of your back porch.
Full Text of the Sunday Readings
Detailed Commentary
Parable of the Good Samaritan by Balthasar van Cortbemde (1647) | Royal Museum of Fine Art, Antwerp | PD-US
In the video below Bishop Barron connects the first reading from Deuteronomy where Moses says: “For this command that I enjoin on you today is not too mysterious and remote for you..” He connects this passage to Natural Law in which the Church holds that already written in our heart is the natural inclination to seek “the good” that which is objectively good. “…it is already written in our hearts.”