To become "good Samaritans", of living faith and practical lovetranslated

The Holy Metropolis of Ierapytni and Sitia issued its written sermon for Luke 8 Sunday, during which the parable of the Good Samaritan is read, to the faithful people, stressing that love and concern must be practical. Below is the sermon:

My dear brothers, the gospel reading we heard today refers to a well-known and spiritually beneficial parable. This is the parable of the good Samaritan. In this narrative, God's infinite love for sinful man and His paternal care for his salvation are presented, but at the same time our own debt for love and help indiscriminately to all people.

The Lord, taking occasion from a question put to him by a teacher of the law, about who is our neighbor, tells us that a man, going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, fell upon robbers. They stripped him, wounded him and left, leaving him half dead. A certain priest also happened to be coming down from that road, who saw him, but passed him by without paying him any attention. So did a certain Levite who was passing by the same place, although he also saw him, him...