![]() Grant them peace of mind, success in their endeavors, and happiness in seeking Your love. Allow me to desire the best for my neighbors just as I desire the best for myself. May I always keep sight of the very core of your commandment of love. Teach me, Lord, to love You first above all else, and to love my neighbors as I love myself. Lord, I ask that you open my heart to receive genuine love for Your commandments. May the people I meet on this path become opportunities for me to live the teachings of Christ. May Christ renew me each time I lose sight of His commandment of love and bring me back to the path He has prepared for me. ![]() May I share the blessings I received from You with those who ask for it. May I not close my heart to those who are in need. Guide me through Christ, for through Christ all things are possible. Lord give me the strength to live by Your commandment of love. Consume my soul with kindness and cast away all negative notions. Move me in compassion that I become a bearer of goodwill towards my brothers. May I be a good Samaritan to someone today. Not just to those who are close to me but also to those with who I communicate even if they are far away. No more and no less.ĭearest Lord, may I be a blessing to my neighbors. The commandment made it perfectly clear: love your neighbor exactly as you love yourself. We do not have to wait until we feel that we have a surplus of self-love before we give it away to our neighbors. We want what is best for us and by making our own selves as the benchmark of how we should love others, Christ has shown us how to truly love our neighbor.Īnother important teaching in loving our neighbor as ourselves is that we realize that we should not wait for when we feel loved before we start to love others. By loving our neighbor as ourselves, Christ has made it impossible for us to fail because we are very good at taking care of ourselves. Rather, it was asked by someone who considered himself to be an expert in the law of the prophets, who only wanted to test Jesus.Īnd so with Christ’s answer of his great commandments of love, we can truly see His infinite grace and wisdom, as well as God’s infinite mercy which is the key to our salvation. When Christ was asked what the greatest of all the commandments was, it was not asked in earnest by someone who sincerely wanted to know. But, following the commandment of Christ means being a neighbor to everyone, and most importantly it is about us being that good neighbor. It is obvious in the parable of the Good Samaritan that our neighbor can even be a complete stranger who we can expect nothing from in return. Rather, it is about our own willingness to be a neighbor ready to love. In Jesus’ commandment, He taught us that it is not about asking who our neighbor is. After telling the story Jesus asked the Pharisee which he thought among the three was a neighbor to the man who was robbed to which the Pharisee replied, “The man who showed mercy.” Jesus then told the Pharisee to go and do likewise. ![]() The following day he gave the innkeeper two denarii and asked him to look after the man, adding that when he returns, he will compensate the innkeeper for any extra expense he may have. But a Samaritan came by and when he saw the man, he took pity on him, poured oil and wine on his wounds, carried him on his donkey and brought him to an inn and took care of him there. A Levite then passed by, and he too moved to the other side of the road when he saw the man. Soon after, a priest was passing by the same road and when he saw the man, he went to the other side of the road and continued on his way. He was stripped of his clothes, beaten, and was left for dead. The parable of the Good Samaritan tells the story of a man who was attacked by robbers on the road to Jericho. The Pharisee asked, “Who is my neighbor?” Instead of giving a direct answer, Jesus Christ turned the question on the Pharisee by telling the parable of the Good Samaritan. A Pharisee once tried to test Jesus after asking Him what the greatest of the commandment was.
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