Mark 1:40–45
A leper came to him 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
Can I pray, “Touch me, Lord. Touch the ugly bits of
me that I do not like to look at. If you will, you can make me clean”?
Do I know my need and trust
Jesus could help me?