Good Samaritan

I am not an Ethiopian at the beginning of a thousand-mile journey. Actually, I am on a lifelong journey of trying to “put on the mind of Christ,” to see things as Jesus, the stranger in my life, sees them.

On Palm Sunday will I be waving the palm branches of my blind spots or holding high the cross of God’s universal love?

Can we recognize ourselves as modern “passers-by”?

Since last October Jesus’ “story” has found a home in my heart to a degree I never expected. And it is all Pope Francis’ fault! I can no longer tame the shock of the story. What a challenge to change my way of thinking.