As Jesus
continued his journey to Jerusalem, he traveled through Samaria and Galilee. As
he was entering a village, ten lepers met him. They stood at a distance from
him and raised their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master! Have pity on us! And
when he saw them, he said, "Go show yourselves to the priests. As they
were going they were cleansed. And one of them, realizing he had been healed,
returned, glorifying God in a loud voice; and he fell at the feet of Jesus and
thanked him. He was a Samaritan. Jesus said in reply, "Ten were cleansed,
were they not? Where are the other nine? Has none but this foreigner returned
to give thanks to God? Then he said to him, "Stand up and go; your faith
has saved you."
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Reflection:
Do you always
thank the Lord for the countless blessings that He showers upon you?
After healing
the ten leapers only one returned (a Samaritan). That’s why Jesus said: Ten
were cleansed, were they not? Where are the other nine? (Luke 17:17) Indeed,
what happened to the other nine who were members of Jesus faith?
Jesus was
looking for them perhaps being one in faith with Him Jesus was expecting them
to also return back and signify also their gratitude to Him. But the nine
were missing in action, they were good only in soliciting favors from Jesus.
After they got what they wanted they evaporated from His sight.
Such is the
behavior of many of us, we earnestly pray when we need something from Jesus.
Burt after getting what we want, Jesus is sometimes forgotten or Jesus is not
given importance once again. Actually, it’s not only through Jesus that we show
our ingratitude. Even to our family members or friends we are sometimes full of
ingratitude.
Think of your
spouse, children, parents and friends, have you acknowledge their goodness to
you? Have you said a word of gratitude to them, for the little and
big favors that they’ve done for you? Or you haven’t done anything to
acknowledge their goodness. Such is our behavior sometimes very forgetful or
even ungrateful.
Let us think
of Jesus, have we thanked Him for the many blessings that He has been giving
us? The blessing of life, the blessing of sunlight every morning, have we
thanked Him through our prayers?
In everything
let us be grateful to Jesus, for our life, for our health for the numerous
healings. That we often times fail to recognize for the reason that we are
always fixated on our problems. Thus, we miss out the goodness of Jesus to us.
Even in the midst of our trials let us also be thankful because it purifies us
and it makes us better individuals.
Do you always
thank the Lord? - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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