You talk about Jesus putting His hand on the leper – and His holy apostles when they walked people could touch their clothes and be healed. And then at the same time I think about St. John Chrysostom in his homily “Homily 1 on the Statues” to the old church of Antioch writes:” Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins. 1 Timothy 5:22 And he explained the grievous danger of such a transgression, by showing that so men will undergo the punishment of the sins perpetrated by others, in common with them, because they confer the power on their wickedness by the laying on of hands. ” and I think about our lack of virtues and the importance of turning away from sin – may the Word of the Lord in your reading, and our own reading heal us all.
…of course I am a convert – and it was washed away in baptism – but I mean that we all, even – I think – the servants of God – that we do not have the holiness as the apostles in this our time.
You talk about Jesus putting His hand on the leper – and His holy apostles when they walked people could touch their clothes and be healed. And then at the same time I think about St. John Chrysostom in his homily “Homily 1 on the Statues” to the old church of Antioch writes:” Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins. 1 Timothy 5:22 And he explained the grievous danger of such a transgression, by showing that so men will undergo the punishment of the sins perpetrated by others, in common with them, because they confer the power on their wickedness by the laying on of hands. ” and I think about our lack of virtues and the importance of turning away from sin – may the Word of the Lord in your reading, and our own reading heal us all.
…of course I am a convert – and it was washed away in baptism – but I mean that we all, even – I think – the servants of God – that we do not have the holiness as the apostles in this our time.