September 17, 2020 - Today we look at the Parable of the Good Samaritan as well as the events that led up to our Lord's telling of this great parable. In this parable we see the nature of Christ our God, the One full of compassion and mercy desiring the healing and restoration of all the souls He so lovingly created. But we also see in this parable one of the great purposes of Christ's Holy Church. We are those in the Ark of Salvation in need of great healing, mercy, and salvation. But we are being healed, in part, with the great purpose of God that we become vessels through which Christ reconciles the world to Himself. We are healed to become vessels of the healing work of Jesus Christ.