The leper had faith that Jesus was a healer and he only showed his humility and said, "If you want to, you can make me clean." This wasn't a demand for healing; rather it was accepting the reality ...

Themes: Acceptance; compassion; caring for all; the life of Jesus. Summary: The source for this well-known Bible story is three of the gospels: Matthew 8: 1 - 4, Mark 1: 40 - 45, and Luke 5: 12 - 15.

Then Jesus touches and thereby heals him. In this encounter Jesus makes himself “unclean” in order to heal the leper. To us it is obvious that skin disease has nothing to do with sin and that ...

Jesus Christ’s healing of the leper in the Gospel of Mark encapsulates the whole history of salvation, said Pope Benedict XVI in his Sunday Angelus address for Feb. 12. When Jesus met the leper ...

VATICAN CITY — The Gospel story of Jesus healing the leper illustrates how nothing will stop God from tenderly and compassionately drawing close to people who want to be healed and saved ...

Benedict XVI reflects on Jesus' healing of the leper and 154th anniversary of Our Lady of Lourdes' first appearance to St. Bernadette. VATICAN CITY (EWTN NEWS/CNA)—Jesus Christ’s healing of ...

Their reasoning is that this Good News account of Jesus cuts to the ... touches the untouchable leper and he is cleansed. What we need to understand is that the healing of the leper was not ...

The Gospel story of Jesus healing the leper illustrates how nothing will stop God from tenderly and compassionately drawing close to people who want to be healed and saved, Pope Francis said ...