Christ our neighbor

When Christ reveals himself to us - in that revelation - he shows us who we are in his humanity and who we could be in his divinity. We are called to become more like Jesus on our journey through this lifetime. In the Good Samaritan reflection by Pope Benedict he shares that this story is more than a story..it is a history. One of mankind half dead, beaten and stripped, left for dead on the side of the road. Alienated, unloved, soul wounded. 

Yes, the priest and Levite walk by-"from earthly history alone, from its cultures and religion alone, no healing comes." The assault victim is you, it's me, it's Everyman and the Samaritan can only be Jesus Christ. The image of God once thought so distant now here in the flesh to comfort, nurture and heal his wounded creature. God has made himself neighbor in his son Christ - through whom all things are rightly ordered, put back together, united in Him. Only when we have this heart connection can we offer it to another, to love one another, as He has loved us.