Jesus is moved to action through mercy. This and other healing stories show Jesus' concern not to draw attention to himself or even his ministry. In this case he compassionately responds to a plea from someone who is an outcast because of his illness. The man with a skin disease is unable to participate fully in society. He is not permitted to worship at the temple and fear of contagion keeps others away from him. While these details don't pertain to our situation today, we surely have too many people separated from full participation in society because of stigmas of all sorts. As followers of Jesus we need to show mercy and remove those stigmas so that all may fully participate in society. Surely we have the power since we are the ones who created them.
What stigmas can you help to remove by simply refusing to continue to support them?
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