Sunday, October 13, 2019
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
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« Tous les dix n’ont-ils pas été purifiés ? Les neuf autres, où sont-ils ? Il ne s’est trouvé parmi eux que cet étranger pour revenir rendre gloire à Dieu ! » Luc 17, 17-18
Jésus prononça ces paroles après avoir guéri dix lépreux, dont un seul, un étranger, revint auprès de lui pour le remercier. Les dix furent guéris physiquement de leur lèpre, mais un seul reçut une guérison bien plus profonde. Lorsqu’il revint vers Jésus, le cœur reconnaissant, Jésus dit à ce lépreux : « Relève-toi et va : ta foi t’a sauvé » (Luc 17, 19).
Only this one leper, the one who returned with a grateful heart, heard our Lord speak these words: “Your faith has saved you.” This reveals that gratitude to God is not only our duty, it also brings forth manifest blessings in our lives. When we sincerely offer thanks to God for all that He has done, we are manifesting great faith in God as a result. We are pointing to Him and His goodness as the source of our blessings and it takes faith to see this and to profess it.
What is it for which you need to grow in gratitude in your life? What is it that you may take for granted and have failed to properly return to God and thank Him for? The truth is that everything in life is a gift. Everything. Even the struggles you endure can be turned into blessings. In fact, that’s exactly what happened in this story. The awful suffering of leprosy was turned into a grace from God.
Méditez aujourd’hui sur tout ce que Dieu a fait pour vous. Priez pour comprendre les innombrables manières dont Dieu comble votre vie de sa grâce. À mesure que vous les découvrez, méditez sur ces bénédictions, comptez-les et soyez-en reconnaissant. Et, dans cet élan de gratitude, rendez grâce à Dieu avec joie. Par cet acte, votre foi vous sauvera vous aussi.
Lord, I do thank You for the countless blessings that You have bestowed upon me throughout my life. I thank You for the ways in which You have graced me, led me and healed me. Help me to see clearly all that You have done and continue to do for me. As I see these blessings, help me to daily express my gratitude in faith. Jesus, I trust in You.
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