The Attitude of Gratitude

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For 9 October 2022, Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, based on Luke 17:11-19

On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance, they called out, saying, ‘Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!’ When he saw them, he said to them, ‘Go and show yourselves to the priests.’ And as they went, they were made clean. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. He prostrated himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan. Then Jesus asked, ‘Were not ten made clean? But the other nine, where are they? Was none of them found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?’ Then he said to him, ‘Get up and go on your way; your faith has made you well.’


Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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About Mary Erika Bolaños

Mary Erika is a lay preacher from the Philippines. She teaches at the Institute of Preaching, handling the Practicum in Preaching Program. She is also a School Administrator and an Associate Professor of Theology at the University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines, where she also received her Ph.D. in Theology.