Discipleship in a continent punctuated by suffering and hope

Abstract

This article deals with the parabole of the Good Samaritan (Lk 10, 25-37) applied to the ecclesial and social realities in Latin America. It is divided in two parts. The first, studies the whole passage which includes the initial dialogue between Jesus and the jurist. It tries to detect the elements whose aim is to characterize the Christian discipleship and those who guide the believers´s approach towards those who are now in the victim´s position. The second part, develops a reflection around the accents coming out from a reading of the parabole for the discipleship in Latin America. We are speaking of four ways that shed light on the experience of faith and challenge it; they invite the believers to become neighbours of those peoples and individuals thrown at the edge of the road.