At different times in our lives, we all have our mountain-top experiences with God. When God asks us to do something difficult, what are we to do? Trust Him. When God places us in the midst of trying circumstances, what are we to do? Trust Him. When God promises us something that seems impossible, what are we to do? Trust Him. When God gives us crosses that seem too heavy for us to bear, what are we to do? Trust Him.
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While God declares everything He made to be “good,” human beings He declares to be “very good.” So when our hearts are corrupted by sin, we have even further to fall. But, just like Noah and the flood, God offers us a new beginning.
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Christ’s healing of the leper in this Sunday’s gospel is symbolic of the greater healing He offers us of our sin. Sin harms relationships; Christ heals relationships.
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This is one of several passages in the gospel where Jesus commands others not to tell anyone about him. Sometimes these are evil spirits who recognize him as the Son of God, like this Sunday’s gospel. Other times they are human beings whom Jesus has healed. Given the fact that Jesus elsewhere commands us to “proclaim the gospel to every creature” (Mk 16:15), what gives?
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One of the things that made the people of Israel so unique is that they were not originally established to be ruled by a king or any other form of human governance, but to be led by God through divinely appointed prophets.
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