We have reached the last Sunday before the Lenten Fast. Today in our Gospel section we meet Jesus our only hope. He is the one that can reconnect us to ourselves and to others.
We read in St. Mark’s Gospel:
And a leper came to him (Jesus) begging Him, and kneeling said to Him, “If you will, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, He stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, “I will;be clean.” And immediately the leprosy left him and he was made clean.”
Mark 1:40-42.
The man seeking Jesus knew there was no other way in his world without the intervention of Jesus in his life. Jesus, in His part, came into this World to do exactly what this leper needed; to be a healer. Among many different reasons Jesus came to be with us, to be a healing presence in our lives.
As we conclude, for a while, these general Sunday topics, we leave with the knowledge that Jesus can and will heal our deepest concerns that keep us from living wholesome lives. Jesus can bring us to healing of what keeps us from Him and from one another.
Our requirement is to call on Jesus and to let Him take control!
Pax. The Hermit of Peace.
Hermitage of Peace 