Gospel Reading: Mark 1: 40-45
A leper came to him and kneeling down begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched the leper, and said to him, “I do will it. Be made clean.” The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean. Then, warning him sternly, he dismissed him at once. Then he said to him, “See that you tell no one anything,
but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses prescribed; that will be proof for them.” The man went away and began to publicize the whole matter. He spread the report abroad so that it was impossible for Jesus to enter a town openly. He remained outside in deserted places, and people kept coming to him from everywhere.
My hidden Lord, I do seek You, but I also realize that I never seek You enough.
You are there, waiting for me in countless ways.
You are calling me into a deeper silence and solitude.
In the deserted places of life, You desire to minister to my soul.
Help me to listen to You and to make the journey to You.
And as I find You, help me to truly embrace the conversion of heart You have in mind for me.
Amen
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