Year C Proper 23 - October 9, 2022
Turn to God
Ten lepers come before Jesus begging for mercy. Ten lepers are sent on their way, healed of their affliction “as they went.” One leper returns. Why? Gratitude? Faith? Or because he was once again just a Samaritan, no longer even belonging to a group of outcasts in the group of lepers. We don’t know. All Luke tells us is that he came back, turned to Jesus, praised God.
Like that tenth leper, we turn to God in many times and places and for many reasons – gratitude, praise, or sometimes because we simply have nowhere else to turn. May we, like him, hear the gentle voice of the Holy One telling us that we are healed, we are whole.
The Rev. Dr. Kate Hennessy-Keimig+
Watch Mtr. Kate’s full sermon below (Time stamp 16:23).