This parable is familiar. But St. Thomas Aquinas, drawing on the Fathers of the Church, gives an interpretation that adds a new depth of understanding. What are the mysteries hidden in this simple story?
https://missionofdivinemercy.org/2025/07/13/st-thomas-and-the-good-samaritan/
Fr. John Mary's Homily - God appoints watchmen, and most of us never suspect we are one. The first duty is not to warn — it is to listen. And if they still do not turn?
Jesus speaks: "...Just as a tree whose branches have been attacked by pests – consuming leaf after leaf, impeding and deforming any new growth, causing the branches to wither, damaging the main trunk and exposing it to even greater infestations and diseases – you see what has taken place in My beautiful Church."
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