Signs are all around us, but we don't always read them. Signs of God's kingdom are also around and among us, and they all point to Jesus who was constrained to fulfill the baptism of his suffering, death, and resurrection for our salvation.
Jesus' parable of the Good Samaritan is a call for all of us to move from mere understanding to action; from knowing to doing. We discover who our neighbor is only when we discover that we are a neighbor.
Jesus sets us free and calls us to follow him, living a life of discipleship that isn't easy in this world; however, it's a life that he makes possible