The Lenten journey demands of us an attentive ear, an empty heart, a docile will, a patient body, and at the rock-layer of all these, a fervent, compassionate and faithful soul. This is the ideal at the heart of the teaching of Christianity. But it is more especially demanded of us in this Lenten pilgrimage as we deeply meditate on the greatest accomplishment of our ‘becoming’.

The ten lepers were not healed instantly but by a disposition of faith and a willful act of obedience. Jesus asked them to go and see the priests, and they were healed on their way (Luke 17:11-19). They had choice to either go or not.

This makes me think that every human weakness, every leprosy each one struggles with has an antidote, which is faith.

In living a life that gives testimony of our Christian faith, we are often drawn back by fear. This article is a motivation to remain strong and genuine in our love for the Lord.