Be a Good Neighbor ~ Msgr. Daniel Hoye

Readings for todays Homily

“Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.”  That’s a successful commercial campaign where you can see that they have immediate response once you have an accident.  One of them I recall, they’re on a road and two people are involved in an accident, and one says, “Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there,” and the agent appears immediately.  Then the other party says that he wants his agent there and has a vision of his mother calling on the phone, saying, “We’re third in line, we’re on hold!”

The book of Proverbs, which we’re starting to read from, has a series of different sayings. You could see the one on the tea bag, and today we hear, “Say not to your neighbor, ‘Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give,’ when you can give at once.”

Maybe we need to be attentive to the opportunities that come before us this day. Don’t say, “Well I’ll deal with it tomorrow.”  Be a good neighbor, and be present to the one in need.