Gospel:
Mark 1:40-45
A leper
came to him and kneeling down begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make
me clean. Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched the leper, and
said to him, “I do will it. Be made clean. The leprosy left him immediately,
and he was made clean. Then, warning him sternly, he dismissed him at once.
Then he said to him, “See that you tell no one anything, but go, show yourself
to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses prescribed; that will be
proof for them. The man went away and began to publicize the whole matter. He
spread the report abroad so that it was impossible for Jesus to enter a town
openly. He remained outside in deserted places, and people kept coming to him
from everywhere.
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Reflection:
Who does
the leper represent today? It’s all of us who are sinners! When Jesus was
approached by the leper Jesus did not run away from Him. He instead had pity on
the leper, offered his healing hand to touch and clean him of his contagious disease.
For the
reason of their disease lepers were treated us outcast they were not allowed to
mingle with the people. For fear that they may pass their sickness to those
that they would be in touch with. But Jesus never run from the leper He instead
did the contrary by offering His healing hand and right there the man was
immediately healed.
This is
Jesus for all of us! Merciful, full of love and compassion for all of us. Never
minding if we are sinners and never judgmental with the sins that we have
committed. What is important for Jesus is we approach Him with humility, trust
and repentance.
We bare ourselves to Him and tell Him, I strip
myself of anything that makes me unworthy before you O Lord heal me and forgive
me. Let us remember that nothing is impossible for Jesus, He makes all things
possible including the impossible.
What are
the sins that you have committed? Do you
think that you are already unworthy for the reason of your many sins? You are
still worthy and precious in the eyes of Jesus. Humbly approach Him and tell
Him: Heal me O Lord! – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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