I mentioned on Sunday that the Ecumenical Lectionary gospel passage from Luke was one of those passages that everyone seems to know, or knows about, regardless of faith. Jesus tells a parable about a Good Samaritan who couldn't pass by a stranger in need. It is Jesus' answer to the question put to him "who is my neighbour?"
Last week three teens from Fonthill, Ontario, had been swimming and were heading to Tim Horton's, when they spotted a smoking car on the highway around 1 a.m. The friends stopped and realized that a young woman driver was stranded and couldn't afford a tow. So, they pushed her car for seven kilometres (you read that correctly) to her driveway. Another passerby "rode shotgun" in his vehicle as they pushed to make sure no one was injured.
While people have responded to the social media posts of the other motorist with offers of rewards the lads have said thanks, but no thanks, insisting they just wanted to help
Perhaps if Jesus was telling his parable today Billy Tarbett, Bailey Campbell, and Aeron McQuillin, would have been named.
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