12 Jan 2023
Thanking God (or not)
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For 12 January 2023, Thursday of week 1 in Ordinary Time, based on Mark 1:40-45
A leper came to Jesus begging him, and kneeling he said to him, ‘If you choose, you can make me clean.’ Moved with pity, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, ‘I do choose. Be made clean!’ Immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. After sternly warning him he sent him away at once, saying to him, ‘See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.’ But he went out and began to proclaim it freely, and to spread the word, so that Jesus could no longer go into a town openly, but stayed out in the country; and people came to him from every quarter.
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.
13 January 2023 @ 1:19 am
Thanks, Scott. I like the thought about the “healing of the whole world.”
SKG
14 January 2023 @ 7:25 am
Dear Fr. Scott,
Thank you for your reflection today and the challenging question at the end. I often ask myself after a session of Spiritual guidance with another. Have I been helpful or did I get in the way? I find that a good question to reflect on before I speak in multiple situations. Listening to Jesus deeply in my heart and mind helps me to embrace His Healing and Wisdom with gratitude.
God bless your continued preaching to the poor,
Sr. Brigid