Looking Out for God

Scripture Reflections for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Year C, Lectionary 105


God is asking us to see better. To see our neighbor in need. To see that we are beaten down in need of a savior. To see that God's love, mercy and compassion lives through those we label as 'enemies.' To see our invisible God in Jesus. To see that listening to and following Christ isn't impossible, but very near to our hearts.

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Psalm 19:8-11 or
Psalm 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36-37
Colossians 1:15-20
Catholic Productions

“So, the same thing's true about Christ. In his humanity he's an icon of the invisible God, right? He makes visible the invisible reality of God, he reveals him. But it also means he's human.”


Brant Pitre in "Christ the First-Born of Creation" (August 03, 2022)
Luke 10:25-37

“The final command of Jesus in today’s gospel would certainly have been difficult for the lawyer. This command is just as challenging for us today: 'Go and do the same yourself.' The next step is up to us.”


Fr. Geoffrey Plant in "Who is my neighbour?" (July 06, 2025)
New
U.S. Catholic magazine

“It's when you start to make up these elaborate rules for why you walk by some of the dying people and not others. That's when life gets confusing. That's when we start living in the darkness of our own two-facedness.”


Renée Roden (July 07, 2025)
New
UACatholic

“God wants to love you, but how can God love you if you stay behind the wall of fear?”


Fr. John Paul Forté, OP (July 13, 2025)
New

“that person you look down on today may be your only savior tomorrow. So we must bring down all the walls and build all possible bridges so that we can all be one in God as he intends.”


Fr. Emmanuel Ochigbo (July 07, 2025)
New
Catholic Women Preach

“Is neighbor a noun or a verb? Is it someone that you live near or someone who draws near to you in a time of need? Is neighbor something you have or something you do?”


Ann M. Garrido (July 10, 2022)
Catholic Women Preach

“what kind of neighbor am I? How can I reach out to the other with compassion unscathed irrespective of my own status and the status of the other?”


Julie George, SSpS (July 12, 2019)
Catholic Productions

“it's critical to remember that the interpretation of the Torah, of the Law, scriptures, was hotly debated by scholars in the 1st century as today”


Brant Pitre in "The Parable of the Good Samaritan" (July 08, 2019)
Overall Readings
Catholic Women Preach

“Practicing compassion and solidarity is not weakness. It is a sign of our common humanity. It is embracing hope.”


Meghan J. Clark (July 13, 2025)
New
U.S. Catholic magazine

“Fratelli tutti reminds us that belief in God and the worship of God are not enough to ensure that we are actually living in a manner pleasing to God”


Meghan Clark (July 01, 2022)

“If you pay attention to the parable you would notice that while the lawyer's question was 'who is my neighbor?' Jesus rephrased the question into 'how can you prove yourself a neighbor?'”


Fr. Emmanuel Ochigbo (July 04, 2022)

“If we spend too much time trying to determine 'who is my neighbor?' rather than spending our time helping our neighbors, we will find ourselves no better off than the Israelites wandering through the desert...we can find the promised land in the hearts of those who we help and ultimately in the heart of God”


Fr. Tony Ricard (July 10, 2022)