One of the wonderful things about using the Revised Common Lectionary for our three-year cycle of readings is that each week we join in with millions of other Christians all round the world and listen to the same Bible readings!
We truly can say that God speaks the same message to a large group of his children each week and I think it’s also true that nearly every preacher this week will be preaching on this mornings remarkable gospel.
And this is the day, today, for that to happen. Nothing is random in God’s Kingdom.
This, along with the Parable of the Good Samaritan, are the Great Parables of our Father’s love for us, and our love for our neighbour.