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:
What moves you to go to Jesus?
The leper went to Jesus knelled down and begged Jesus by saying, “If you
wish, you can make me clean.” And immediately the leper was healed by Jesus.
You may ask, what moved the leper to ask Jesus to heal him?
Was it his grave sickness? No, his leprosy was not the driving force that
moved him to seek the help of Jesus. It was something far bigger than his
sickness and it was the leper’s deep reservoir of faith in Jesus! Otherwise if
he did not have faith he wouldn’t have gone to Jesus. And what drove
Jesus to heal the leper? Was it His leprosy? No it was not his leprosy that
moved Jesus to heal him. It was the leper’s great faith in Him!
What brings us to Jesus and why do we pray to Jesus? Do we pray to Jesus
because of our problems? Are we doing this because of our sickness? Our
sickness and our problems must not be the primary reason why we go in prayer to
Jesus. It must always be our deep faith in Him!
Let us always see to it that our faith is always the main driving force
why we want to commune with Jesus. For the reason that the more that we are
driven by faith to go to Jesus. The bigger our chance of being heard by Him.
What moves you to pray to Jesus? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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