Themes: Acceptance; compassion; caring for all; the life of Jesus. Summary: The source for this well-known Bible story is three of the gospels: Matthew 8: 1 - 4, Mark 1: 40 - 45, and Luke 5: 12 - 15.

Leprosy victims taught by a bishop, Medieval Illumination by James Le Palmer, from the Omne Bonum manuscript,1360-1375, ...

Medical director of the TLMI-Bangladesh Institute, Rozario has dedicated his life to leprosy patients for 12 years, inspired ...

At Jesus Redeemer monastery on Christmas Eve ... I looked at his face and thought, “Surely this man has leprosy”. The man said, “This is my Christmas dinner, the brothers have taken care ...

This is the only time in Mark’s Gospel where Jesus heals out of pity, showing great compassion by touching the leper. The leper showed great faith in Jesus’ ability to heal him. He said ...

Jesus is the Sick – to be healed. Jesus is the Lonely – to be loved. Jesus is the Unwanted – to be wanted. Jesus is the Leper – to wash his wounds. Jesus is the Beggar – to give him a smile.

And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he ...