Living Faith - Daily Catholic Devotions, Volume 29 Number 4 - 2014 January, February, March Quotes

“The ‘Grace’ of Leprosy Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean. Luke 5:12 It can get a little discouraging these days, particularly for us priests. Our societies have become so secular, that not only do many people not go to Church, they do not even think about God…at all. I find it astounding. Where do they plan to spend eternity? The problem today is that few even ask such a question. I suspect it was not so different in Jesus’ day. In today’s gospel, who was it that searched Jesus out and “pleaded with him”? It was not the well off; it was a poor leper. He was a suffering outcast doomed to a miserable death. The leper was given the great “grace” of recognizing his need for Jesus. I would never wish such a ghastly disease on anyone. But I do hope that all of us come to know our need for God and, like the leper, plead with Jesus to heal us. Msgr. Stephen J. Rossetti”
― Mark Neilsen, Living Faith - Daily Catholic Devotions, Volume 29 Number 4 - 2014 January, February, March