January 13th : Gospel The leprosy left the man at once, and he was cured.A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St.Mark 1: 40-45

January 13th :  Gospel 

The leprosy left the man at once, and he was cured.

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St.Mark 1: 40-45 

A leper came to Jesus and pleaded on his knees: ‘If you want to’ he said ‘you can cure me.’ Feeling sorry for him, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him. ‘Of course I want to!’ he said. ‘Be cured!’ And the leprosy left him at once and he was cured. Jesus immediately sent him away and sternly ordered him, ‘Mind you say nothing to anyone, but go and show yourself to the priest, and make the offering for your healing prescribed by Moses as evidence of your recovery.’ The man went away, but then started talking about it freely and telling the story everywhere, so that Jesus could no longer go openly into any town, but had to stay outside in places where nobody lived. Even so, people from all around would come to him.

The Word of the Lord.