In this week's edition of "There's more in the Gospel than meets the eye," Jill Bevilacqua
and Seàn-Patrick Lovett bring us readings and reflections for the Sixth Sunday of
the Year. Listen:
GospelMk
1:40-45
A leper came to Jesus and kneeling down begged him and said, "If
you wish, you can make me clean." Moved with pity, he stretched out his
hand, touched him, and said to him, "I do will it. Be made clean." The
leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean. Then, warning the him
sternly, he dismissed him at once.
He said to him, "See that you tell
no one anything, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer
for your cleansing what Moses prescribed; that will be proof for them."
The
man went away and began to publicize the whole matter. He spread the report
abroad so that it was impossible for Jesus to enter a town openly. He
remained outside in deserted places, and people kept coming to him from
everywhere.