Compassion of the Good Samaritan

Certainly Eternal life is promised to us by God on account of how we answer the same question that this Scholar asked, “who is my neighbour?” Our love for others emanates from our love for God. The same love encourages us to love our neighbours. The more we show our love for God, he blesses us with more love to be shared with our neighbours. Neighbours are people with whom we share our joys and sorrows. Neighbours are often the people with whom we share our lives with.
Jesus is at times called ‘The Good Samaritan’ by Christians. For Jews ‘Good’ and ‘Samaritan’ are two different words. The only difference between the others and the Samaritan is his human quality. The passage says, ‘moved with compassion’. It is one of the greatest qualities of Jesus we see throughout the gospels. He was moved with pity, moved with compassion. This moved him to work miracles such as curing the sick, the blind, the deaf and mute.
People talk about the ‘Heart values’ of Christians these days. As Christians we are encouraged by the Good Samaritan to understand the value of being moved with compassion. Being moved with compassion always meant to open our hearts to the promptings of the Spirit. Compassion is the quality of the divine. We share the heart of God in immersing ourselves in the compassion of God. We are compassionate to the death penalties that the Devil leaves behind in a sinner. Compassion also makes us to resemble Him and His heart on earth.
Compassion does not leave us to half-finish the business. It leads us to complete the good works. It makes us to go all the way, like the Good Samaritan. He follows through his mission of love till the last minute. He was moved with compassion at the beginning, during and end of the kind act. How do we show our kindness? When was the last time our heart was moved with compassion?