“Christian teaching … in the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30-37) would say … love can and should be shown not only to those close to us but also to casual acquaintances and strangers, to those one merely stumbles upon.”
— Walter J. Ong, The Presence of the Word: Some Prolegomena for Cultural and Religious History (Yale University Press, 1967), p. 304.
What would this kind of love look like? Sound like? Perhaps kindness and patience are two aspects of communicating lovingly with strangers. — qs
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