Jonathan was a Jew and was on a retreat in Israel. A day later Jonathan died.

Jonathan’s parents wanted to donate his organs to anyone who needed them. There were no restrictions.

A young Palestinian girl needed a kidney. Jonathan’s kidney went to her.

Would I have been able to allow my son’s kidney to be donated to a girl of the same country as the suicide bomber that killed my son?

This true story is more than being good to one’s neighbor. It is more than being humanitarian. This is what the Gospel tells us about: "When you do it to the least of my brothers and sisters, you do it to me."

There was putting aside any anger, need for revenge, or hatred. There was a focusing on another person as belonging to Christ. It was doing it for Christ.

When we act this same way, the prophet Ezechiel tells us in the first reading today that we are caring for the sheep. St Paul tells us that we are helping the day of Christ’s final coming to arrive. We are helping Christ to redeem the world.