Be A Good Samaritan, Not A Passerby
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Be A Good Samaritan, Not A Passerby
Editorial
by
Francis Gonsalves
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‘Good Samaritan’ is a term that has come to stay. It originates in one of Jesus’ parables that shocked people in his day. Pope Francis has popularised the parable in his encyclical ‘Fratelli Tutti’, meaning, ‘all brothers/sisters’, subtitled: ‘on fraternity and social friendship’.
Many are familiar with the Good Samaritan parable of a wayfarer waylaid, beaten and robbed by bandits. Left halfdead beside the highway, he is ignored by passersby and finally helped by a Samaritan-stranger. Simple as the story sounds at surface level, its meaning is radical if one delves deeper into Jesus’ choice of places, characters and events.