Who is My Neighbor?

The Gospel reading for tomorrow is Jesus's parable about the "Good Samaritan" (Luke 10:35–37). Pope Francis reflected on this parable and the question of "who is my neighbor" in his third and most recent encyclical, Fratelli tutti ("On Fraternity and Social Friendship"). Perhaps today we can spend some time reading and praying over this Gospel and Pope Francis' reflection on it (nos. 56-86), and asking ourselves some of the following questions:

Which person am I in this Gospel story? Who do I consider to be my neighbor? How do I currently live in relationship with them? What do I hear God speaking to me today as to who God considers is my neighbor and how I should live in relationship with them? Are there any other insights that I received? 

Express gratitude to God for giving you this inspiration and asking for the wisdom, courage, strength and will to act in conformity with it. If you like, take some time to write down in your journal your thoughts or inspirations from what you read or experienced.