tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post7083678329395365876..comments2024-03-25T17:14:03.066-07:00Comments on The New Theological Movement: Three men who loved lepers: Jesus, Francis, and DamienFather Ryan Erlenbushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07557817305024750902noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-41233472036273231232012-02-12T20:02:22.122-08:002012-02-12T20:02:22.122-08:00gghd
There are still lepers today. Before the 20...gghd<br /><br />There are still lepers today. Before the 2010 Haiti earthquake, a man (laity) came into our Parish Church & spoke about poverty in Haiti. The Priest took a second collection.<br /><br />There are places in Haiti with NO roads. A Roman Catholic Priest gets on a horse once a month and travels to the remote places looking for someone with Leprosy. The Priests makes arranges for the movement of lepers down to a hospital for treatment.<br /><br />Thank you for being a Priest, Father Ryan.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13399376753648321569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-7383159568357661572012-02-12T18:50:18.574-08:002012-02-12T18:50:18.574-08:00"Christ did not break the Law in touching the..."Christ did not break the Law in touching the leper" -- exactly, that's why He had sent the (healed) leper back to the scribes, etc, to "fulfill the law, not to abolish it" (both in the literal sense of the New and Old Testament -- to be super brief and super blunt about it).Agnieszkanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-81453753207583814592012-02-11T05:23:02.549-08:002012-02-11T05:23:02.549-08:00Good point Father.Good point Father.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01504517769804159508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-17749878637283538672012-02-10T18:57:25.461-08:002012-02-10T18:57:25.461-08:00Dear Fr, Thank you very much for this beautiful ar...Dear Fr, Thank you very much for this beautiful article. May we be touched by Holy Spirit: The finger of God open our hearts to those around us who need our care and love. <br /><br />Regie, SVDRegie SVDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-40759662759396963872012-02-10T16:09:38.517-08:002012-02-10T16:09:38.517-08:00@Dan,
But also remember that the leper was not nec...@Dan,<br />But also remember that the leper was not necessarily guilty of any sin.<br /><br />Thus, when people try to say that the homosexuals, or drug addicts, or the like are the "lepers", I think that they are way off base.<br /><br /><br />The "leper" today is anyone whom we do not like to be around ... it is the co-worker who annoys us ... the in-law we can't stand ... they are the "lepers" that we must learn to love.Father Ryan Erlenbushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07557817305024750902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-18125418713196861832012-02-10T13:42:48.017-08:002012-02-10T13:42:48.017-08:00I wonder if we even recognize, much less welcome, ...I wonder if we even recognize, much less welcome, those who are lepers today.<br /><br />When one recalls that lepers were "impure" and unfit to be part of the religious community, it makes one wonder.......Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01504517769804159508noreply@blogger.com