Jesus reminds us who our neighbor is with the words on his lips, but that was only the beginning. Much more profoundly, Jesus shows us who our neighbor is with the actions of his life. He didn’t love the “idea” of other people; he actually loved the many individual people his life came into contact with. He didn’t celebrate the sentiment of community. He created a family with prostitutes, lepers, tax collectors, and often confused but passionate disciples. He recovered the plot.
