Proper 23C / Ordinary 28C / Pentecost +18
October 13, 2019
Foreigner
October 13, 2019
Foreigner
Luke 17:11-19 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
Jesus Cleanses Ten Lepers
11 On the way to Jerusalem Jesus[a] was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he entered a village, ten lepers[b] approached him. Keeping their distance, 13 they called out, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” 14 When he saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were made clean. 15 Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. 16 He prostrated himself at Jesus’[c] feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan. 17 Then Jesus asked, “Were not ten made clean? But the other nine, where are they? 18 Was none of them found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” 19 Then he said to him, “Get up and go on your way; your faith has made you well.”
Footnotes:
- Luke 17:11 Gk he
- Luke 17:12 The terms leper and leprosy can refer to several diseases
- Luke 17:16 Gk his
Bound
and doubly
indentured
Samaritan
and leper found
common pain
and common wont
with nine others
alone, together
wilderness bound.
But then hearsay
about The
Prophet:
“Is it true that
he can cure?”
So they go
and discover
he is the one.
They cry aloud:
“Mercy, Mercy,
Mercy!”
Then a sound,
a voice
that penetrated
their bodies;
a voice
that falls over
them
and in the ocean
of vibrations
they are washed
and they are
cleansed.
One heart,
one soul,
one body
returns:
the doubly
indentured,
the foreign one:
Gives witness of
a resurrection.
In gratitude
praises God’s Son.
And what of us
who take for
granted
health and
wealth
and white
privilege?
Hearts grown
cold
and it’s the foreigner
who gives praise
for divine
grace.
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