Evening: Psalm 136; Matthew 7:28-8:4
Jesus heals a leper. Lepers are outcasts, with a contagious disease for which there is no known cure. Social - not just physical - isolation is their lot. Jesus touches and heals the ‘unclean’ leper. Jesus’s authority is confirmed by this power to heal and to restore to community a man who has probably been isolated for a long time. Now, we are all discovering the isolating impact of disease, for everyone. We are also learning how we must work to strengthen the bonds of human community. Pray that we will - for this is our healing task.
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