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Today, Catholic Christians celebrate the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
On this day, we hear the beautiful story of the Good Samaritan. In the story, a man is beaten and left for dead on the side of the road. A priest who was passing by, saw the man, but he kept walking, leaving the injured man alone. The same thing happened when a Levite walked by; he, too, ignored the beaten man. Finally, though, a Samaritan came by and took pity on the injured man. After performing first aid on the man, the Samaritan took the stranger to an inn. There, he gave the innkeeper some money to care for the man until he returned, and if he spent more than the Samaritan had given him, he would pay that also.
When Jesus asked a scholar of the law who had treated the beaten man as a neighbor, the scholar correctly answered that it was the Samaritan. Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”
For over 21 centuries, Catholic Christians have tried to see Christ in every human being and then act accordingly.
On this specific Sunday, Christians throughout the world celebrate Sea Sunday. The purpose of this day is to remember our brothers and sisters who make their living on the oceans and seas of the world. Often, they are gone for months at a time, coming into ports where they know nobody. We are called to provide them with a warm welcome and assist them in whatever ways we can. The Catholic Christian branch of Sea Sunday is called “Stella Maris,” Latin for “Star of the Sea.” In many ports of call around the world, chaplains make sure seafarers have a place to worship and a way to get there. Many chaplains and volunteers take the visiting seafarers to grocery stores, drug stores, or wherever they need to go. Many cities have “canteens” where sea workers can rest, visit, and feel “at home” in a foreign land.
All of us, whether we live near the sea or not, can certainly remember our brothers and sisters at sea in our prayers.
