By Robert L. Rosebrock ——Bio and Archives--December 17, 2017
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Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Jesus, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?” He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, with all your mind, and your neighbour as yourself.” He said to him, “You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.” But the lawyer, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbour?” Jesus answered, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he travelled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion, came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, ‘Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.’ Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbour to him who fell among the robbers?” The lawyer said, “He who showed mercy on him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”Fellow Americans, it’s time to stop ignoring and neglecting those who have been robbed of their rightful Home, which is the Los Angeles National Veterans Home, and become Good Samaritans by showing mercy on our disabled and destitute Veterans who live homeless and hungry in some of the most inhumane conditions imaginable. Stop passing by and help! These Veterans are down and out and we all need to give them the immediate shelter and care they need and deserve by building an organized “Tent City” on the sacred grounds of the Los Angeles VA.
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