Gospel: Luke 17:11-19
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 voice, 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 all the blessings that you receive from
Him everyday?
In our gospel, ten lepers were healed by Jesus but only one a Samaritan
(considered as an enemy of the Jews) was grateful enough to express his
gratefulness to Jesus. What happened to the other nine? They went back to their
normal lives with the gift of eyesight courtesy of Jesus, yet they never went
back to Jesus to express their gratitude.
The Samaritan in the gospel speaks to us by his faith and deed of
gratefulness; he tells us to always have faith and to always be grateful to the
miracles that Jesus gives us everyday. For example, do we not forget to thank
Jesus for the gift of life every morning?
Many of us are so busy that we forget to say our prayer of thanksgiving
upon waking up. Many of the young people today, instead of saying their prayer
of thanksgiving, they instead check first their smart phones for new messages
and updates.
Let us never forget to express our thanksgiving to Jesus first no matter
how busy we are. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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