One heart unites with another heart on the ground of relationship for it is the base of humanity. A heart binds to another drawing it out from its closed world within itself, in order to find another with all its diversity. You could call it “the way of the heart” which is about making a decision, making a choice in choosing this road and reaching out to another human being. It is risky business, certainly, but that results in growth. “The way of the heart” leads the person to discover the universal humanity.
Yet, before reaching out to
help our neighbors it is imperative, quite often, to understand what their need is. The Good Samaritan made eye contact with the helpless man thrown in the street and entered his world and had compassion. The good Samaritan saw, heard, and understood before taking action. But unlike the good Samaritan how many times have we set a finish line and never arrived - sought liberty only to realize we were still in captivity.
Ever since the dawn of creation, man has searched for meaning by going further in distance, going higher above, going deeper within to look for an answer and uncover the mystery of the cosmos. But then came Jesus to uncover the mystery of the universe, hidden in the silence of our hearts. And calling each and every one of us commit us to a universal fraternity. And with the guarantee that every person is stamped in the image of God fear dissipates, slowly from our hearts.
This is the beginning of transformation by the tenderness of God, so that our hearts can be free. The message of the parable of the Good Samaritan pushes every one toward that one true humanity. A free heart opens without fear to his/her neighbor because it knows that it opens its heart for an encounter with Jesus, who sets us free. --- jlf
How sage are your comments, Fr. Jose Luis. Our hearts are groaning for pure love, and so often we look in the wrong places and also get ahead of the Holy Spirit and make plans and take actions, perhaps even seemingly good ones, for ourselves and neighbor, before discerning. May Jesus teach us to unite to Him in the inner cell of our hearts, where His Holy Silence and the Divine Indwelling can show us how to receive and give out the pure divine love of God, and thus better serve God and neighbor. Amen.
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