![]() ![]() ![]() Today, the liturgy speaks to us about the parable of the “Good Samaritan,” taken from the Gospel of Luke (10: 25-37). LET US ASK OURSELVES – EACH OF US RESPONDING IN OUR HEART – LET US ASK OURSELVES: IS OUR FAITH FRUITFUL? DOES OUR FAITH PRODUCE GOOD WORKS? OR IT IS RATHER STERILE, AND THEREFORE MORE DEAD THAN ALIVE? Am I ‘the neighbor’ or do I simply just pass along? Or am I among those who select people according to their own pleasure? IT’S GOOD TO ASK OURSELVES THESE QUESTIONS AND OFTEN BECAUSE, IN THE END, WE WILL BE JUDGED ON THE WORKS OF MERCY. AND BY THE GOOD WORKS THAT WE DO WITH LOVE AND JOY FOR OTHERS, OUR FAITH GROWS AND BEARS FRUIT. ![]() A SONG COMES TO MIND: “WORDS, WORDS, WORDS.” NO. ![]() “Go and do likewise.’” DO GOOD WORKS, DO NOT JUST SAY WORDS THAT GO TO THE WIND. In it, Pope Francis reminds us that we should “Go and do likewise” as Jesus said at the end of the parable: Dear brethren in Christ, below you have the ZENIT translation of Pope Francis’ Angelus address on Jat noon to the faithful in St. ![]()
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