A MAN FULL OF LEPROSY

G O S P E L


We know that ultimately we will be cured of any sickness or disease we may have. This does not mean that we will never get sick or that we will not die of sickness. The truth is that there is no sickness in heaven: unfortunately we have not gotten to heaven yet. Of course, we pray to be preserved from sickness, but if it comes our way we must look for God’s message in it. It is not that God makes us sick, but that He uses every situation in our lives to draw us closer to Him.


ALLELUIA

R: Alleluia, alleluia

Jesus proclaimed the Gospel of the Kingdom and cured every disease among the people.

R: Alleluia, alleluia


Luke 5:12-16


12 It happened that there was a man full of leprosy in one of the towns where he was; and when he saw Jesus, he fell prostrate, pleaded with him, and said, “Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean.” 13 Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him, and said, “I do will it. Be made clean.” And the leprosy left him immediately. 14 Then he ordered him not to tell anyone, but “Go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses prescribed; that will be proof for them.” 15 The report about him spread all the more, and great crowds assembled to listen to him and to be cured of their ailments, 16 but he would withdraw to deserted places to pray.