tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22402209.post1021984532208542219..comments2023-10-28T04:45:40.173-04:00Comments on Dr. Benton Quest: What about the Innkeeper?BentonQuesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09007300481037924684noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22402209.post-50785570198399322152010-07-12T23:48:13.208-04:002010-07-12T23:48:13.208-04:00We had the same homily last week - but yours was b...We had the same homily last week - but yours was better; I haven't thought about the innkeeper like this.Ur-spohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237644452200889946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22402209.post-13212697628983939612010-07-12T09:17:38.050-04:002010-07-12T09:17:38.050-04:00I found this on Madpriest's blog this morning:...I found this on Madpriest's blog this morning:<br /><br />A priest was preaching in a school in Ireland; his text the parable of the good Samaritan. As he went through the parable, he asked the children why they thought the priest and the Levite passed the injured man on the other side of the road, instead of going to help him. One enthusiastic young boy put up his hand: "because they could see he had already been mugged, Father"jaycoles@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16299489611656202052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22402209.post-22867141805376080932010-07-12T06:36:09.271-04:002010-07-12T06:36:09.271-04:00Our pastor presented an interesting take on the pa...Our pastor presented an interesting take on the parable yesterday: to look at the story and place ourselves in the place of the victim who is receiving aid from an unlikely (perhaps unwanted and unliked even hated) source - the Samaritan - much as "religious and righteous" people must come to acknowledge their need of Grace from the unlikeliest of saviors, a carpenter from Nazareth. It was an unusual and interesting take on the story.Lemuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15397995062492531171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22402209.post-11305907609022132182010-07-11T19:37:01.233-04:002010-07-11T19:37:01.233-04:00In this parable I always am drawn to this part of ...In this parable I always am drawn to this part of the story:<br />""Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?"<br /><br /> 37The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him." <br /> Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise."<br /><br />So Jesus is telling us to love those who have mercy on us and on others....I don't see that it means that we have to love everyone as some interpret it... Show love and compassion to be worthy of love and compassion. Those who show hate and sew discord are not someone i am going to love. (But I am not going to hate them either."jaycoles@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16299489611656202052noreply@blogger.com