Through moments from the Gospels and the Parable of the Good Samaritan, you are invited to see how compassion interrupts, slows, and redirects the path of love. Jesus stops. He weeps. He turns. He draws near.

Here, compassion is revealed as proximity—the willingness to be moved by suffering and to remain present with it. The Samaritan does not solve the problem from a distance; he approaches, tends wounds, and stays. This is the pattern Jesus offers when he says, “Go and do likewise.”

Drawing on Pope Leo XVI’s reflection, this session invites a profound shift in vision: recognizing the wounded person not as “the other,” but as ourselves. Remembering the ways Jesus has stopped for us becomes the wellspring from which our own compassion flows.

This brief reflection and prayerful invitation calls you to cultivate an expansive heart—one that sees every person as neighbor, listens for God’s voice in human need, and learns to love with the same tender, courageous mercy that Jesus embodies.