Cuando tenemos lepra

Lc 17, 11-19

En aquel tiempo, cuando Jesús iba de camino a Jerusalén, pasó entre Samaria y Galilea. Estaba cerca de un pueblo, cuando le salieron al encuentro diez leprosos, los cuales se detuvieron a lo lejos y a gritos le decían: "¡Jesús, maestro, ten compasión de nosotros!"

Al verlos, Jesús les dijo: "Vayan a presentarse a los sacerdotes". Mientras iban de camino, quedaron limpios de la lepra.

Uno de ellos, al ver que estaba curado, regresó, alabando a Dios en voz alta, se postró a los pies de Jesús y le dio las gracias. Ese era un samaritano. Entonces dijo Jesús: "¿No eran diez los que quedaron limpios? ¿Dónde están los otros nueve? ¿No ha habido nadie, fuera de este extranjero, que volviera para dar gloria a Dios?" Después le dijo al samaritano: "Levántate y vete. Tu fe te ha salvado".

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GospelLK 17:11-19

As Jesus continued his journey to Jerusalem,
he traveled through Samaria and Galilee.
As he was entering a village, ten lepers met him.
They stood at a distance from him and raised their voice, saying,
"Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!"
And when he saw them, he said,
"Go show yourselves to the priests."
As they were going they were cleansed. 
And one of them, realizing he had been healed,
returned, glorifying God in a loud voice;
and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. 
He was a Samaritan.
Jesus said in reply,
"Ten were cleansed, were they not?
Where are the other nine? 
Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?" 
Then he said to him, "Stand up and go;
your faith has saved you."

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Meditacion:

Ya casi cayendonos al Adviento hoy leemos este evangelio tan significativo.

Los leprosos eran los excluidos de su tiempo; su enfermedad no solo no tenia cura sino que socialmente eran no aceptados o sea que sufrian una doble exclusion, la de su enfermedad y la de su sociedad.

Jesus vino por ellos, a salvar los insalvables, los que la sociedad se encarga de "descartar"

Y es inevitable pensar en los otros leprosos, los invalidos, los que viven en las calles, los que nosotros mismos nos encargamos de no ver, de hacerlos, literalmente, invisibles para la sociedad.

Mas de una vez me ha tocado hablar con personas que viven en la calle y que me dicen que no es comida o dinero lo que mas necesitan sino ser escuchados.

Y nosotros mismos? No somos leprosos por el pecado?, por nuestras propias contradicciones, por nuestras decisiones tan pobre a veces?

Hoy es tiempo de mirarnos al espejo interior y reconocernos pecadores y leprosos. Al igual que los leprosos del evangelio, tambien nosotros nos detenemos a distancia de Jesus, tambien nosotros desde alli gritamos por compasion. 

El dia que aceptemos a todos nuestros hermanos, sin reservas y sin hacer diferencias, habremos comprendido el verdadero sentido del amor de Jesus por nosotros.

Hasta tanto, no nos olvidemos de ver en el otro, el reflejo de Dios y aceptarlo.

“Amado Jesús, perdóname por buscar satisfacción en las cosas terrenales. Ven a mi corazón, Señor, dame un espíritu nuevo y enséñame a creer en ti y en mi Padre celestial.” Amen

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Almost falling into Advent today we read this gospel so significant.

The lepers were the ones excluded from their time; his illness not only had no cure, but socially they were not accepted or suffered a double exclusion, that of his illness and that of his society.

Jesus came for them, to save the insurmountable, those that society is responsible for "discarding"

And it is inevitable to think of the other lepers, the invalids, those who live in the streets, those that we ourselves take care of not seeing, of making them, literally, invisible to society.

More than once I have had to talk to people who live on the street and tell me that it is not food or money that they need but to be listened to.

And ourselves? We are not lepers because of sin, because of our own contradictions, because of our decisions, sometimes so poor?

Today is the time to look at ourselves in the inner mirror and recognize ourselves as sinners and lepers. Like the lepers of the gospel, we also stop at a distance from Jesus, also from there we cry out for compassion.

The day we accept all our brothers, without reservations and without making differences, we will have understood the true meaning of Jesus' love for us.

Until, let us not forget to see in the other, the reflection of God and accept it.

"Beloved Jesus, forgive me for seeking fulfillment in earthly things. Come to my heart, Lord, give me a new spirit and teach me to believe in you and my heavenly Father. "Amen