THE GOOD SAMARITAN PARABLE RETOLD

THIS MAN JESUS IS THE TRUE GOOD SAMARITAN FOR ALL OF US

GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD ( You and ME ) that HE DID NOT SPARE HIS ONLY SON TO SAVE US EVEN WHEN WE WERE HIS ENEMIES.THANKS BE TO OUR BELOVED LORD JESUS CHRIST.

by bakianathan July 10, 2022

THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN

But is Jesus’ parable more than just a moral story? Is it an allegory for Christianity as a whole? Origen, the third-century Christian theologian, certainly thought so, identifying the man who is attacked as Adam, the first of all men; Jerusalem is Paradise or the Garden of Eden, while Jericho represents the world. Adam, of course, was…

by bakianathan July 10, 2022

PRAYING THE DIVINE OFFICE

Please pray the divine office everyday. This is indeed the prayer of the Universal Church.

by bakianathan July 5, 2022

THIS MAN JESUS IS THE TRUE GOOD SAMARITAN FOR ALL OF US

GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD ( You and ME ) that HE DID NOT SPARE HIS ONLY SON TO SAVE US EVEN WHEN WE WERE HIS ENEMIES.
THANKS BE TO OUR BELOVED LORD JESUS CHRIST.

THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN

But is Jesus’ parable more than just a moral story? Is it an allegory for Christianity as a whole? Origen, the third-century Christian theologian, certainly thought so, identifying the man who is attacked as Adam, the first of all men; Jerusalem is Paradise or the Garden of Eden, while Jericho represents the world.

Adam, of course, was cast out of Paradise and into the world following the Fall of Man. The thieves who attack the man represent hostile forces in the world. The priest who passes by the man in need represents the Law, while the Levite represents the prophets; but the Samaritan represents Christ. The inn to which the Samaritan takes the wounded man represents the Church, while the fact that the Samaritan promises he will return represents Jesus’ later promised Second Coming.

PRAYING THE DIVINE OFFICE

Please pray the divine office everyday. This is indeed the prayer of the Universal Church.