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 lepers only one returned a Samaritan, a person who is not a member of Jesus faith. 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. He was expecting them to also return back and signify their gratitude to Him. But the nine were missing they were good only in soliciting favors from Jesus. After they got what they wanted they were nowhere to be found already.
Such is the behavior of many of us, we earnestly pray when we need something from the Lord. 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 many of us fail to acknowledge the favor that is done to us.
Even to our family members, friends and random people who’ve done us good we sometimes forget to acknowledge their goodness. Such is our behavior forgetful or even ungrateful. But we always have to be thankful for all the blessings that we have from the Lord.
Let us think of Jesus, have we thanked Him for the many blessings that He has been giving us? For example, the blessing of life every morning, do we always thank the Lord for the blessing of life every morning? Is gratefulness to the Lord the first order of business for us in the morning?
In everything let us be grateful to Jesus, for our life, for our health and for all the blessings. We thank the Lord not because the Lord needs it we thank the Lord because we greatly value the Lord’s goodness towards us.
Do you always thank the Lord? - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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