tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29447354.post363831642363421066..comments2024-01-22T22:08:22.132-08:00Comments on Burning Question of the Week @ ParishWorld: "Why did the lepers have to follow simple directions before being cured?"Editor @ Parishworld.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11351018547370080019noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29447354.post-76044978942433964762007-10-15T11:24:00.000-07:002007-10-15T11:24:00.000-07:00The short answer is that the authority they were a...The short answer is that the authority they were appealing to said that they were so to do. The nature of sacramental grace requires that the reecipient or seeker perform some real world physical task as part of the ritual, failure to participate would indicate lack of the appropriate sate of mind-willingness.<BR/>As for the other nine, Jesus told them to "show yourselves to the priests". We can only hope that they were on their way still to do as they had been told. After all, showing your self to the priests was the last stage of being re-admitted to the community of Israel after having been declared unclean. What was the Samaritan to do? He could hardly show up in the Temple Precinct without being at best badly beaten, so while the good Jews went on to the Temple, he returned to give thanks where it was safe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com