Readings
I - Wis. 6: 1-11
II - Lk. 17: 11-19
St. Leo the Great, Pope, Doctor (Memorial)
GRATITUDE IS AN ATTITUDE
The two takeaways of the Gospel passage of the day are: faith and gratefulness. The ten lepers had tremendous faith in the Lord and this is why the immediately proceeded to show themselves to the priests as commanded by Jesus while still they were lepers. Because the Scripture says, “…And as they went they were made clean” (Lk.11: 14). Only the Samaritan, on realising that he was cleansed from leprosy turned back to thank Jesus. Grateful people do not take anything for granted. The Jews who paraded themselves to be the people of God took the healing for granted while an outcast came back to thank Jesus. They were all filled with faith but failed to be grateful.
It is faith that keeps our life going. We are sure of the routine works of everyday and seldom do we think about those people who make the day a comfortable one for us. From the rising till retiring many people contribute to the smooth functioning of our life. Let us today take some time to just recollect those insignificant persons behind our best day and thank God for them and thank them with our simple gestures of thankfulness. May our mind and heart resonate with the prayer: “Lord we thank you”.
