#Samaritan compassion

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The good Samaritan

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« The Good Samaritan » by Vincent van Gogh

[apenitentialprayer]

I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you and it as well.

Samwise Gamgee (J.R.R. Tolkien's The Return of the King)

[oidheadh-con-culainn]

hi! we dont know each other but ive stumbled upon your posts in which you describe your anxiety brain and borrowing trouble from the future and i can totally relate to that. and it sounds a lot like ocd, which i know i have... idk if this would be helpful

sometimes i do see things about ocd that i relate to. i think a lot of the underlying thought patterns and fears are probably similar. i don't think i respond to them in the way that somebody with ocd does, though -- i don't experience compulsions and don't find any relief from behaving in certain ways or performing certain rituals, i just experience profound dread and physical discomfort until i'm able to forget about the thing that triggered the anxiety or i move on to something else

my sister has ocd, which i only learned recently (we don't live together and aren't super close), but again, although i see overlap between our experiences, i think we respond to those triggers differently and find different things helpful/harmful. obviously everyone is different so that doesn't rule out the possibility that i'd also have it, but i think it makes it less likely

generally i think my issues are largely attributable to generalised anxiety disorder, some kind of brainweirds (not sure if autistic or have adhd or both), and a solid dose of complex trauma that contributes a fair amount of hypervigilance and fear to the proceedings which make standard anxiety tactics less helpful

i think all mental health diagnoses are labels we give to certain groups of symptoms rather than like. firmly grouped Conditions between which there can be no overlap, though. some aspects of anxiety and ocd are very similar, and some are different -- the same stars in different constellations. i think i score more points in the anxiety chart, so that's where i am for now, but doesn't mean i'm not experiencing some of the same things, if that makes sense (and it also doesn't mean that some coping mechanisms designed for one condition won't work just because i don't think i fit under that label -- sometimes they do)

[tabernacleheart]

It was also a first principle with Jesus that our first emotion towards anyone who has made a mistake should be pity. It has been said that the duty of the doctor is "sometimes to heal, often to afford relief, and always to bring consolation." When a person suffering from some ailment is brought to a doctor, he does not regard him with loathing even if he is suffering from a loathsome disease. In fact the physical revulsion which is sometimes inevitable is swallowed up by the great desire to help and to heal. [The former is cold, reactive, animal instinct; the latter is warm, gracious, human choice. Likewise,] when we are confronted with someone who has made a mistake, our first feeling ought to be, not, "I'll have nothing more to do with someone who could act like that," but, "What can I do to help [them]? What can I do to undo the consequences of this mistake [for them and for others]?" Quite simply, we must always extend to others the same compassionate pity we would wish to be extended to ourselves if we were involved in a like situation, [remembering that] the basic difference between Jesus and the [religious elite of His day was] that they wished to condemn; He wished to forgive... Jesus regarded the sinner with pity born of love; the [religious elite] regarded [the sinner] with disgust born of self-righteousness.

William Barclay

[change-our-mind]

My Car Broke Down 🥺: The Results of Our Social Experiment #shorts

[ekechi]

A True Neighbor

Have you ever wondered: “What does God want me to do?” If you’re looking for a verse that summarizes the commands in both the Old and New Testaments, here’s what Paul wrote to the believers in Galatia… “For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” Galatians 5:14 NLT Paul’s words echo a command Jesus gave when He was asked what the most important…

[olayemi30]

Who Is Your Neighbour?

Who is Your Neighbour? This sounds like a simple question as our minds immediately goes to those living next door to us. What if we redefine this and see our neighbour as anyone who comes across our path and needs to be seen, heard and acknowledged.

In celebration of National Waffle Day, I made a batch of waffles and took some across to my neighbours and spent Sunday morning with them chatting about everything from health issues, growing old, grandchildren, cooking, favourite TV chefs, great versus terrible restaurant experiences before we ended on connection with others or the lack of it. With living up North, we had similar stories about…

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[buddhistmusings]

I'm so excited for the day that Palestine and Israel are able to coexist peacefully.

The shouting of failed and deluded activism, unquestionably accepting the narratives promoted by oppressive governments on either side, can not drown out what we know will happen. Peace is coming. Love is coming. Coexistence is coming, and the land will be A Land for All.

It will be a long time. But change is inevitable. Our shared humanity can not be hidden from us forever. It screams to be recognized as the truth.

The bombs and guns are liars - the Israeli, the Palestinian, the Jew, the Muslim, the Arab, the Christian, the Samaritan, the Druze - these are not our enemies. The perverted voice inside us, trying to convince us that that our neighbor is our opponent, that voice is our enemy. We all have that voice and we all have to try and silence it.

One day it will arrive. It's coming for us all, whether we are ready or not. A lotus sits on each of our hearts, waiting to bloom. Compassion will arrive.

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« Good Samaritan » by Svetoslav Roerich

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Left: The Good Samaritan: He Had Compassion, by J. Kirk Richards, 2014. Right: Icon of Dirk Willems, by Jivko Donkov

[In] the parable of the Good Samaritan […] the people who fail to do good, who proved callous, were the priest and the Levite, who were more concerned with respecting their religious traditions than with coming to the aid of a suffering person. The one who demonstrates what it means to be a "neighbor" is instead a heretic, a Samaritan. He draws near, he feels compassion, he bends down and gently tends the wounds of his brother. He is concerned for him, regardless of his past and his failings, and he puts himself wholly at his service. Jesus can thus conclude that the right question is not: "Who is my neighbor?" But: "Do I act like a neighbor?" Only a love that becomes gratuitous service, only a love that Jesus taught and embodied, will bring separated Christians closer to one another. Only that love, which does not appeal to the past in order to remain aloof or to point a finger, only a love which in God's Name puts our brothers and sisters before the ironclad defense of our own religious structures; only that love will unite us.

Pope Francis, Homily on the Solemnity of the Conversion of Saint Paul, given January 25th, 2024.

(Today, May 16th, marks the 455th anniversary of the death of Dirk Willems, Anabaptist martyr who nearly escaped execution at the hands of officials of the Catholic Church, but who stopped to save the life of one of his pursuers even though it meant he would certainly be recaptured)

[stillknowntobequitevexxing]

Like, I know that John Reese is the big scary guy and Root is scary smart and Shaw is just plain scary, but honestly the most unsettling thing in the entire series to me, was watching Harold metaphorically say, "fuck it," and throw his rules out the window, because Samaritan didn't play by rules and he knew he couldn't either. To watch this incredibly intelligent person just literally take his empathy, his compassion for the lives of others and casually set it aside to do what needed to be done... Just, damn...

Knowing the kind of monster he could've been, had he not lived by those rules... THAT, my friends is fucking scary. It's a good thing he fights for good instead.

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

The Good Samaritan

25 And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, "Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"

26 He said unto him, "What is written in the law? How readest thou?"

27 And he answering said, "`Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind, and thy neighbor as thyself.'"

28 And He said unto him, "Thou hast answered right; this do, and thou shalt live."

29 But he, wanting to justify himself, said unto Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"

30 And Jesus answering said, "A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his raiment and wounded him and departed, leaving him half dead.

31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him and passed by on the other side.

33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was. And when he saw him he had compassion on him,

34 and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him.

35 And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host and said unto him, `Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again I will repay thee.'

36 Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves?"

37 And he said, "He that showed mercy on him." Then said Jesus unto him, "Go and do thou likewise." — Luke 10:25-37 | Third Millennium Bible (TMB) Third Millennium Bible, New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. Cross References: Deuteronomy 6:4-5; Deuteronomy 6:24; Leviticus 18:15; Leviticus 19:18; Isaiah 58:7; Matthew 10:5; Matthew 18:28; Matthew 19:16; Matthew 24:34; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:52; Luke 10:38; Luke 16:15; Luke 18:31; Luke 19:28

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Notes: The parable of the Good Samaritan is a story to illustrate how we “love our neighbors as ourselves.” When other people need our help the most, like the man on the road, is when our love for neighbor is truly tested.

[mental-health-and-jesus]

9-18-2024 | Practice Devo | Luke 10:33-34

‘But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. [34] He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him.’ Luke 10:33-34

#Bible - Verse of the Day | John 8:12

‘Then speak Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.’ John 8:12

#Bible - Verse of the Day | Isaiah 16:5 | Today’s Reading 📖

💗✝️ ‘And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.’ Isaiah 16:5 💗✝️

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