The Charity of the Good Samaritan

Gospel from the fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary time (c): Luke 10:25-37: There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test Jesus and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?” He said in reply, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbour as yourself.” He replied to him, “You have answered correctly; do this and you will live". Preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai at Lyncroft Centre, July 10, 2022. Music: Handel, Opera Rinaldo, Aria "Lascia ch'io pianga", arranged for guitar by Bert Alink. Thumbnail: Rembrandt, The good samaritan, Etching, 1633, fourth (final) state. Sotheby's.