Daily Catholic Lectio
Mon, 5 October 2026
XXVII Week in Ordinary Time
Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, Memorial
Gal 1:6-12. Lk 10:25-37
Four Types of Attitude
In today’s Gospel, we read the parable of the Good Samaritan. The attitudes of the different characters in this parable can be grouped into four types.
(a) The attitude of the robbers: “What is mine is mine. What is yours is also mine.”
The robbers take away the possessions of the traveller they meet. They beat him, strip him, and leave him half dead. They are people who take. They do not care about the good of others. They unjustly make what belongs to another person their own.
(b) The attitude of the priest and the Levite: “What is mine is mine. What is yours is yours.”
This is the attitude of indifference. The priest and the Levite continue on their way thinking only about their own journey and destination. Their attitude is: “You are responsible for the situation in which you find yourself.” They do not harm the wounded man. But neither do they do anything good for him. Because they pass by, nothing changes in his life. His presence means nothing to them, and their presence means nothing to him.
(c) The attitude of the innkeeper: “What is mine is yours, if you pay the price.”
This is a business attitude. The innkeeper offers the facilities of his inn to another person: a place to stay, food, and protection. But he sets a price for these services. He provides what corresponds to the amount that is paid.
(d) The attitude of the Good Samaritan: “What is mine is also yours. What is yours remains yours.”
The Samaritan is travelling, but he stops his journey. He does not complain about the delay. He helps the person in need. At the heart of all this is compassion. The Samaritan also realises that the wounded man may face further danger if he is left on that road. So he takes him away from that place and brings him to safety. The wounds of those around us are still calling out to us today: in our families, on the roadside, in hospitals, in prisons, among migrants, and among children.
With what attitude do we respond?
Today we also remember Saint Faustina Kowalska. She is called the Secretary of Divine Mercy. Based on the revelations she received from Jesus, she helped to spread devotion to Divine Mercy.
When we were lying wounded by sin along the road, Jesus Christ came to us with mercy. He bound our wounds, gave us life, and rescued us from destruction.
We have received His mercy. Let us now be ready to offer that same mercy to one another.
Fr. Yesu Karunanidhi
Archdiocese of Madurai
A Yesni Prays Initiative
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