A Reflection from Marriage Matters (www.twoinoneflesh.org.uk) for this Sunday
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Deut 30:10-14; Col 1:15-20; Luke 10:25-37)
Bandaging each other’s wounds
The Good Samaritan ‘went up and bandaged his wounds, pouring wine and oil on them’. On the journey of life we wound ourselves and each other by our words, actions and omissions: our angry words, the withdrawal of affection, the broken promise. Open, honest dialogue ‘oils’ intimacy and we bind up each other’s wounds by asking and granting forgiveness.
