Thursday, 17th January, Anthony, Abbot, Memorial

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.

Reflection

l   What might I say to Jesus about my faith in him?

l   Whom do I touch?