{"id":26864,"date":"2012-02-12T07:52:19","date_gmt":"2012-02-12T11:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2012\/02\/healing-the-leper-in-all-of-us\/"},"modified":"2012-02-12T07:52:19","modified_gmt":"2012-02-12T11:52:19","slug":"healing-the-leper-in-all-of-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2012\/02\/healing-the-leper-in-all-of-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Healing the leper in all of us&#8230;Jesus touches our hearts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<o:documentproperties>\n<o:template>Normal<\/o:template>\n<o:revision>0<\/o:revision>\n<o:totaltime>0<\/o:totaltime>\n<o:pages>1<\/o:pages>\n<o:words>22<\/o:words>\n<o:characters>131<\/o:characters>\n<o:company>Liturgy Traing Publ.<\/o:company>\n<o:lines>1<\/o:lines>\n<o:paragraphs>1<\/o:paragraphs>\n<o:characterswithspaces>160<\/o:characterswithspaces>\n<o:version>10.260<\/o:version>\n<\/o:documentproperties>\n<\/xml>< ![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w:worddocument>\n<w:zoom>0<\/w:zoom>\n<w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0<\/w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>\n<w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0<\/w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>\n<w:usemarginsfordrawinggridorigin><\/w:usemarginsfordrawinggridorigin>\n<\/w:worddocument>\n<\/xml>< ![endif]--><br \/>\n<!--StartFragment--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/Jesus%20heals%20the%20leper%20detail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jesus heals the leper detail.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/assets_c\/2012\/02\/Jesus heals the leper detail-thumb-225x245-11091.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"245\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0 0 20px 20px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;\">The Church prays today,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;\"><i>O God, who teach<br \/>\nus that you abide in hearts that are just and true, grant that we may be so<br \/>\nfashioned by your grace as to become a dwelling pleasing to you.<\/i><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;\">What other grace do we need but the grace to abide in Christ? The priest&#8217;s prayer at Mass in the anamnesis tells us and God that He lives hearts that are just and true.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" face=\"'Times New Roman'\">The Gospel today relates something that calls to mind the work of Saint Damian of Molokai and Blessed soon-to-be-saint Marianne Cope who worked with and evangelized lepers in Hawaii. Their love was extroverted. No doubt the Lord&#8217;s touch and the saints&#8217; humanity was likely the first substantial, real contact these &#8220;outcasts&#8221; experienced. The Lord&#8217;s touch of the leper is as the Prayer over the Offering prays, it &#8220;cleanses and renews&#8221; for the sake of our salvation. So much for us, too. May the Lord touch our uncleanness and sinfulness so that we may be close to Him.<\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" face=\"'Times New Roman'\">What other than love and compassion did the Lord have for the marginalized? The medical leper and the spiritual leper always have on their lips Psalm 32: &#8220;I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble, and you fill me with the joy of salvation.&#8221;<\/font><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Church prays today, O God, who teach us that you abide in hearts that are just and true, grant that we may be so fashioned by your grace as to become a dwelling pleasing to you. What other grace do we need but the grace to abide in Christ? The priest&#8217;s prayer at Mass &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2012\/02\/healing-the-leper-in-all-of-us\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Healing the leper in all of us&#8230;Jesus touches our hearts<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[2896,1970,2927,1987,2425],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26864"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}