“Were not all ten made clean, the other nine, where are they?” (LK 17:17).
Don’t forget to thank God. If there is one sin that is most indecency today, it is the sin of ingratitude.
In today's Gospel ten men bound together by a common misery – leprosy and utterly unable to save themselves. They shared a common misfortune. They all were healed as they were going away.
There was one leper, the one least expected to do so, who had the decency to return and thank the Lord. This pleased our Lord and led Him to remark on the ingratitude of the others. They missed greater graces through this lack of appreciation and gratitude.
Gratitude should be a part of our nature. The lack of the spirit of gratitude is the reason that we fail to act with thankfulness for the things that we have. We all need to be more grateful to God every day of our lives, more grateful than we have been.
“The Lord has shown his salvation to the nations” (Ps 97).
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