“Go and do likewise.” (Luke 10:37)

Jesus used the story of the good Samaritan to state that love requires a person to ignore his/her own convenience and needs. The Levite and the priest just passed by because they were both religious representatives of Judaism. They were afraid that they will become unclean after touching the injured, thus affecting their work at the temple.  As a result, they passed by the opposite side.

God once asked Peter to eat some unclean animals in his dream. He refused because he thought they are unclean. However, God told him that nothing created by God Himself was unclean.

Thus, Jesus used the story of the good Samaritan to stress the importance of love, and that it exceeds our love or habit.

Jesus used a similar line of “Do this in memory of me” when he set up the Sacrament of Eucharist.

We may not completely understand the importance of love, or the idea behind the Sacrament of the Eucharist. However, Jesus still wants us to first put it into practice, because the wisdom of God is among the action of love.