Galatians 1:6-12 / Luke 10:25-37
When all is said and done, usually what really happens is that more is said than done.
In the case of the lawyer in the gospel passage, even at the end when Jesus asked him which of the three persons in the parable proved to be a neighbour, he could only answer "The one who took pity on him".
He couldn't even bring himself to say "the Samaritan".
Of course, the animosity between the Jews and Samaritans at that time was understandable.
Yet, in spite of the parable of Jesus, nothing much has changed for the lawyer.
He knew all the right answers. It was more a question of putting those answers into actions.
For the Galatians in the 1st reading, they had been told of the truth, the Good News, that was preached to them by St. Paul.
But instead of living by the truth of the Good News, some of them wanted to change the Good News of Christ to something that they like and were asking others to follow them.
So St. Paul had to ask them this question: So now whom am I trying to please - man, or God?
St. Paul also stated this: The fact is, the Good News I preached is not a human message that I was given by men. It is something I learnt only through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
We have heard the Good News of Jesus Christ. We know the truth. When all is said and done, let us live by the truth of the Good News.
As Jesus said in the gospel: Do this and life is yours.