Reflection for Sunday February 11, Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Mark 1:40-45

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:

How would you react if you were the leper who 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 Jesus' command not to tell anyone about the miracle he received from Him (Mark 1:44). Did Jesus become angry due to his disobedience? Of course not! Jesus perfectly understood that his disobedience served a good reason.

The healed leper was eager for everyone to know that Jesus heals! He simply wanted to share the good news of his healing so that others could also receive healing from the Lord. Soon after, news of the healing that Jesus performed for the leper spread like wildfire, resulting in people from everywhere coming 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 so on. Don’t keep it within yourself!

Share with everyone the miracle that Jesus has done for you. Humbly speak about the greatest healer to ever walk this earth—none other than Jesus Himself! So that they too would experience healing from the Lord. – Marino J. Dasmarinas