Sunday's Gospel

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.

As I've referenced before, the leper's encounter with Jesus and subsequent actions reminds me of our denomination-ad-infitum/evangelical/shock and awe christians who just say 'it doesn't matter' when faced with questions of Church authority.

Meanwhile, Jesus, who actually prayed that we would be one, is outside unable to go openly into any town, because of their antics.