10 : 1 / 28.Sun C / Lk 17.11-19

Again a "Samaritan"...                 He alone came back to give thanks to Jesus...
It's a very modern situation...  there are now Parishes in the Cath. World where 1 of 10 members come on Sunday to celebrate Eucharist, it means 1 of 10 baptised Faithful
thanks God regularly for the GRACE of BAPTISM; for the Gift of Faith!
Today a) who is ready for the Gift of Faith ???  where all is to be proven...
           b) who like to increase Faith ???  where you are named faithful...
           c) who is ready to defend Faith ???   if there is no profit ...

01) We discover a general weakness of all human beings: As every one likes to get a happy Life... a lot of people are not able to discover all the Gifts already given to them. They also are not able to perform the best with their gifts and some do not know who is the Sponsor and only a few are able to give thanks.

02) There is more: We see quite a good number of people they do not have the feeling "Life is a Gift". How are you grateful as you feel Life is a burden (a yoke) ???

03) On the other hand: How many have in mind: "I'm entitled to...  Life, Work, all Rights, 
a House, Children, a Car, a better position... at the end I'm entitled to Heaven.
From where they have such a claim?  And: because it's my right to study etc... to have a girl...  to whom may I be grateful ???

04) There is something else: Jesus is healing you for what... for nothing ???
He is opening your eyes for a new Life-Dimension... for the Jesus-Movement...
for the Kingdom of God...  for the fullness of Life...
But you: you like to see the Christian Churches; somehow you are glad to have
a better insight, but you feel: "it's not my way"...  you have other priorities.
Many people will tell you: Yes, Christian-Life is a good solution for the World-Problems,
but sorry it's not my strategy... not my favourite way..

Between  HEALING + EUCHARIST there is a great spiritual jump =  10 : 1 . 
Everybody may get a kind of healing...
but to celebrate Eucharist - that's an other world-dimension.
Do you know the Blog: "gratefulness.org" ?