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On this Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, we read the story of how Jesus healed ten lepers, but only one returned to give thanks (Luke 17: 11-19).
We read:
“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 hm. 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’” (Luke 17: 15-19).
Like the nine lepers who received healing from Jesus yet did not return to say thanks, many of us, from time to time, ask God for favors. That is good, for that is what we are supposed to do. However, like the nine, we often forget to give thanks to the Lord when we receive the favors.
I think that as we grow older, our prayers of thanksgiving should become much longer than our prayers of petition. For as we grow older, we should become more aware of our blessings.
