Today's Gospel reading gives us the beloved story of The Good Samaritan. Jesus tells this story as an answer to the scholar's question, "And who is my neighbor?" However, Jesus turns the question around and asks the man, "Which of these was neighbor to the man who was beaten?" The crux of the matter, then, is not that we should try to figure out which person is our neighbor (and which ones are not); rather we should put all of our attention into trying to BE neighbor to everyone.
(Sorry about the misquote in the homily! I said, "Isaiah 55", when it really should be "Matthew 5". Mea culpa.)
