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What It Means to Love Thy Neighbor: Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Gayle Somers – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Gayle Somers, Catholic Exchange, July 11, 2025

Gayle Somers is a member of St. Thomas the Apostle parish in Phoenix and has been writing and leading parish Bible studies since 1996. …

A scholar approaches Jesus to test Him with a legal question; Jesus answers with a question Himself. Why?

Gospel (Read Lk. 10:25-37)

This Sunday we are reading a very well-known portion of St. Luke’s Gospel—the parable of the Good Samaritan. It is fascinating to watch the progression of this episode. It begins with the approach of a “scholar of the Law,” a man who was an expert in explaining the details of the Mosaic Law. He wanted to test Jesus. Why? We don’t know much about this man, but we at least know that his question was not looking for an answer as much as an outcome, although it sounds very noble:

Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life? …

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