What could a stranger expect of us? How would we react if a foreigner asked us for assistance? Jesus is set upon by a Canaanite woman in the Gospel this weekend and in the end, because of her faith, he heals her daughter. He responds to the woman’s need, even though she is not of his people. While the saying “Charity begins at home,” is true, sometimes we are called to respond to the needs of humankind in distant places and foreign lands. In the end, because we are all children of God, no one is a foreigner to us.
