Thursday of the First
Week in Ordinary Time
Mark 1:40-45
We’ve
only just begun.
Still
in chapter 1.
The
Marcan Jesus in running shoes!
The
Good News has broken in as evidenced
at the Baptism.
The
Spirit has led Jesus to the wilderness where he goes toe-to-toe with some
pretty powerful forces (and wild beasts too) for forty days.
Jesus
comes back to Galilee proclaiming more Good
News.
As
he walks along the lake he meets Simon and Andrew and they follow.
He
meets the sons of Zebedee and they follow.
Jesus
starts to teach in the synagogue and his authority is palpable…not so for the
scribes.
Then
in rapid fire:
an
unclean spirit-gone
a
mother-in-law-raised
and
more unspecified demon castings and healings
Jesus
comes,
Unexhausted,
to
today’s encounter with the man with leprosy.
I
am a leper
So
disfigured
Contagious
too
Will
anyone
Ever
Be
able to get close enough to ever KNOW me?
NOT
A CHANCE
Jesus
looks
What
does he see?
He
sees ‘NOT A CHANCE’
That’s
what he has come to edit.
There
is something universal in the leper’s internal dialogue:
Will anyone
Ever
Be able to get close
enough to ever KNOW me?
NOT A CHANCE
Kyrie
Eleison
Christe
Eleison
Kyrie
Eleison
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