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00:00This week, from the Word of God.
00:30That they contain at least a summary of what my homily would be.
00:34And well, with this Sunday, the sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time.
00:39Well, we are closing the first part of the regular cycle.
00:43Well, next Wednesday we start Lent with Ash Wednesday.
00:51And well, it ends, as we said last week, also closing the first chapter of Marcos.
00:58Which has served to make an extensive presentation of Jesus and his ministry.
01:03And an invitation to each of us to discover who He is.
01:09Not only because of His miracles, but by walking alongside Him.
01:15Today's leper story closes the chapter not only with a cure.
01:21Rather, behind this lies the evangelist's fundamental intention.
01:26To invite us to draw closer to Jesus and to become heralds.
01:32Not only from His power, but above all from His mercy.
01:38And well, to delve deeper and be able to understand and have material for this week.
01:43I would like to talk a little about the subject of the disease.
01:46According to what is called the law of purity in the Old Testament.
01:56The disease was considered a punishment from God.
02:00We can see this very clearly in the book of Leviticus.
02:05We have several passages about this.
02:06It was not until the writing of the book of Job, written around the 5th century BC.
02:16The Jew will understand that it is not so.
02:19That man can be just.
02:21That is, righteous before God, without sin, and yet suffering from illnesses.
02:28As for lepers, we must see that at that time there was no cure.
02:35It was considered highly contagious.
02:38Therefore, Leviticus prescribed that he had to live isolated from the community.
02:44Psalm 38 reveals the experience of this drama that a leper had.
02:51He was completely abandoned by society.
02:54In reality, they were already dead while still alive.
02:59Today's Gospel text shows that this vision and this attitude of discrimination
03:05It was still in force in the time of Jesus.
03:11With the above in mind, let's now look at some of the actions in this passage
03:17taking into account some verbs.
03:20Something that tells us it is an action.
03:22And that significantly mark this passage.
03:26And well, they guide us on our path of conversion.
03:31The first action is that of the leper.
03:34He says, the text says, he approached Jesus.
03:40In this action we see the invitation that the Lord makes to us through the leper
03:44to draw closer to Jesus.
03:46But not only approaching Himself, but recognizing who He is.
03:53The fact that he prostrated himself before Him in the text clearly indicates that he recognizes Jesus as God.
04:01For the Jew, only God could be revered in this way.
04:07The leper's attitude is one that shows us that He has certainty
04:14that Jesus can, if He wants to, perform the miracle.
04:20In other words, he has total faith in Him.
04:23In this regard, we would need to review, as we have highlighted elsewhere,
04:29What is our true view of Jesus?
04:33Is it true that we believe He is the true God?
04:37Are we among those who truly believe that He has the power to do everything we ask of Him?
04:47Brothers, it seems to me that many times it is not like that.
04:50On the other hand, this way of asking Jesus for healing,
04:56It leaves open the possibility that, well, simply, He may not want to.
05:01The leper understands that it may be God's will.
05:05that He may remain with this illness.
05:09He seemed to know Paul's passage well.
05:13Everything works out for the good of those who love the Lord.
05:15I believe that this issue, in particular, should prompt us to serious reflection.
05:22especially in these times we are living through the pandemic.
05:28And besides, well, all the calamities we have upon us today,
05:33We must approach God with complete confidence that we are heard.
05:37and that God has something for us.
05:40Perhaps, then, the problem will be resolved miraculously,
05:45like the one in today's Gospel.
05:47Or perhaps the strength to carry on with our lives
05:50with all the problems we may experience.
05:54But let us approach Him with the assurance that we are speaking with God.
06:00With this God who can do anything.
06:04For, as our Lord says in the Gospel of Luke,
06:10For God, everything is possible.
06:14On the other hand, from Jesus's perspective,
06:16We see, as always, His great mercy.
06:19He knows very well what it means to be a leper.
06:22Not only because of the disease itself,
06:25but rather through exclusion and marginalization from society.
06:31That is why, before treating it,
06:33The evangelist emphasizes that he touched him,
06:38something that was forbidden to do.
06:42However,
06:43He goes beyond these human prohibitions
06:46and becomes one with Him.
06:49It doesn't matter if he gets infected,
06:51or that the Pharisees would flog him afterwards
06:55by touching the unclean,
06:58even becoming impure Himself,
07:01because he touched it.
07:03If we look at this in perspective,
07:06Jesus became unclean by joining with us.
07:10This race of sinners and hard-hearted people,
07:14But he wanted to show solidarity.
07:16In this regard, I am reminded of Saint Damien of Molocay,
07:19who died among the lepers.
07:21And to San Daniel with Boni,
07:24what he said,
07:24Africa or death.
07:27Both of them showing solidarity with those who needed it most.
07:33Given this,
07:34we would have to question our compassionate Christianity
07:37and see how much we care for those who suffer,
07:41especially with the marginalized.
07:45So,
07:46We see that the story not only emphasizes the miracle of healing
07:50which demonstrates the power of Christ,
07:53but perhaps today,
07:54for us,
07:55the fact of solidarity with the marginalized,
07:58with those who suffer,
08:00well,
08:01It would have to become highly relevant,
08:04because we too are immersed in the throwaway culture.
08:09The story ends with a new action by the healed man.
08:15He announced it constantly.
08:18In this way,
08:19The chapter ends, Marcos.
08:21inviting others to do the same,
08:23that all of us,
08:25that we have been healed by his wounds,
08:27As Saint Peter says,
08:28Let us also preach power,
08:32grace,
08:33and above all,
08:34the mercy of our God.
08:37In this way,
08:38This fragment of the Gospel,
08:40with which we end this period,
08:42It gives us a route
08:43which we could explore in much greater depth now
08:46during the time of Lent.
08:49Let's take advantage of it,
08:50my beloved brothers,
08:51This time to listen to God,
08:55to be supportive of others.
08:58And let us ask the Lord for it with great devotion and zeal.
09:02Let us pray.
09:04We ask you, Lord,
09:06that you give us a compassionate heart
09:08for those who have the least,
09:11for those marginalized, discarded.
09:14Help us avoid falling into this throwaway culture.
09:18but on the contrary,
09:19to be one of those who are always searching
09:22their inclusion among us.
09:24And help us when we approach you,
09:27to have the faith of this leper,
09:30to know that you can do anything,
09:33but nevertheless,
09:34There will be some occasions
09:35which you will decide
09:37It's best if we continue,
09:39but we are fully confident
09:41that you will thank us
09:42to get ahead.
09:45We ask all this of you,
09:46that you are God,
09:47and that you live and reign in the glory of the Father,
09:49in communion with the Holy Spirit
09:51forever and ever.
09:53Amen.
09:55May God bless you, brothers,
09:56See you next Sunday!
09:59beginning Lent.
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