Jesus asked “Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of thieves?” The man answered, “The one who showed him mercy.” Jesus said to him, “God and do likewise.” Luke 10:36-37 NRSV
Battered and bruised
in the ditches of life
looking up into the faces
of strangers and friends
the alien and the familiar
who will show mercy?
From Streams of Mercy: a meditative commentary on the Bible by Ann Fontaine.