Thankfulness
Spiritual Fitness St Paul’s Unit 9
Thankfulness
The Healing of the Ten Lepers Luke 17:11-19 Doré
Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!” When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed. One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan. Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?” Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.”
Factoids What was leprosy? We have no idea what disease or diseases were meant when the term “leprosy” is used by ancient writers – the Greek word έ, used in the Bible, simply means any disease that causes scaly skin What we call leprosy today is a disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, a bacterium isolated by a Norwegian scientist in the 19th Century
Factoids Where leprosy is found today
WHO, 2010
Nuts and Bolts Why is it important that the lepers should show themselves to the priests in the temple? In what ways do you think being healed benefited them? What might they have lost in the transformation they experience? Robert Hilger
Nuts and Bolts Nine of the lepers do as Jesus instructs, yet this seems to be the wrong (or less right) course of action. Why? Do you think their healing is different in any important respect from that of the one who turns back?
Nuts and Bolts What does it mean to be a foreigner in the religion of Israel? Who do the Samaritan and the other lepers represent in the narrative of the writer of the Gospel?
Brian Kershisnik
Would the impact of the story be changed if more than one person turned back? Would the message to us be different?
Looking at Ourselves When do you find it easy to be thankful? When is it hard? Does thankfulness create any obligation to do anything on the part of the one who has received? Does thankfulness create any obligation to do anything on the part of the one who has given?
Looking at Ourselves Is thankfulness to God different in any important way from thankfulness to other people? What are some ways that we act out each kind? Is thankfulness to God a cause of faith or a consequence of faith? JA Björk
Looking at Ourselves What emotion(s) should thankfulness evoke in the one who has given? Is it realistic to say we should give without expecting to be thanked? Can our giving ever be truly altruistic?
How Artists See It
How Artists See It
Roselli
Thankfulness
The Healing of the Ten Lepers Luke 17:11-19 Doré
Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!” When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed. One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan. Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?” Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.”
Factoids What was leprosy? We have no idea what disease or diseases were meant when the term “leprosy” is used by ancient writers – the Greek word έ, used in the Bible, simply means any disease that causes scaly skin What we call leprosy today is a disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, a bacterium isolated by a Norwegian scientist in the 19th Century
Factoids Where leprosy is found today
WHO, 2010
Nuts and Bolts Why is it important that the lepers should show themselves to the priests in the temple? In what ways do you think being healed benefited them? What might they have lost in the transformation they experience? Robert Hilger
Nuts and Bolts Nine of the lepers do as Jesus instructs, yet this seems to be the wrong (or less right) course of action. Why? Do you think their healing is different in any important respect from that of the one who turns back?
Nuts and Bolts What does it mean to be a foreigner in the religion of Israel? Who do the Samaritan and the other lepers represent in the narrative of the writer of the Gospel?
Brian Kershisnik
Would the impact of the story be changed if more than one person turned back? Would the message to us be different?
Looking at Ourselves When do you find it easy to be thankful? When is it hard? Does thankfulness create any obligation to do anything on the part of the one who has received? Does thankfulness create any obligation to do anything on the part of the one who has given?
Looking at Ourselves Is thankfulness to God different in any important way from thankfulness to other people? What are some ways that we act out each kind? Is thankfulness to God a cause of faith or a consequence of faith? JA Björk
Looking at Ourselves What emotion(s) should thankfulness evoke in the one who has given? Is it realistic to say we should give without expecting to be thanked? Can our giving ever be truly altruistic?
How Artists See It
How Artists See It
Roselli
