The Sunday's Gospel was about the ten lepers who approached Jesus (Luke 17:12-19). Jesus said to them to go show themselves to the priests. Of the ten, only one, a Samaritan, went back and paid Him homage. Often we receive things unknowingly from God, or else take for granted what He has given us. We forget the blessings that we have. Yet at the same time we ask from Him many things. Perhaps we should begin to stop and reflect, and realize the many things we have that God has given us, or let us have. We are also so busy with our lives that we do not realize God moving; He is the one guiding us.
Also, the Gospel at another level shows how a stranger--a Samaritan--recognized what had happened. In a way, this shows how the Gentiles recognized Jesus more than His own. It is, in a way, a sign of how things will be.
We must then recognize as well God moving in our lives, that without Him our lives would be meaningless and without direction. We live in Him, as His followers. Let us not forget to thank Him then each day, most of all for life itself, that even in the hardest circumstances God is still there, and always remain our Hope.
everyday we need to look back and pause for a while to give thanks to God
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