Gospel: Mark
1:40-45
A leper came to
Jesus and kneeling down begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me
clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched him, 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.
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:
A husband was praying
to Jesus for healing of his marriage. After a few months the wife who runaway from
him and his children suddenly came back asking for forgiveness. The husband
forgave her without asking her about the past. He simply said, “Let us move
forward, learn from our mistakes and thank and share the goodness of Jesus for
this second chance.
How would you react
if you are the leper that was healed by Jesus? Should you just keep silent
about your miraculous healing or you tell everyone how Jesus healed you?
Perhaps you would also spread the good news of your healing from Jesus for this
is basic human nature.
The healed leper
disobeyed the command of Jesus not to tell anyone of the miracle that he
received from Him (Mark 1:44). Did Jesus get angry with his disobedience? Of
course not! For Jesus perfectly understands that his disobedience was for a
good reason.
The healed leper
wanted everyone to know that Jesus heals! The former leper simply wanted to
share the good news of his healing so that others could also receive healing
from Jesus. Soon after, the healing that Jesus did for the leper spread like
wild fire and as a result of this, people from everywhere went to Jesus.
Have you received a
miracle from Jesus? For example, healing from your sickness, healing of a
family relationship or healing from an emotional/spiritual sickness and the
like. Don’t keep it within yourself.
Tell everyone about the
miracle that Jesus did to you. Humbly tell everyone about the greatest healer
who ever walked this earth; no other than Jesus. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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