6th Sunday in Ordinary Time - B. ""He remained outside in deserted places."
Each time you see/read/pray the sacred scriptures, you see sometime new. It's easy to understand the logic of the contrast in today's first reading from Leviticus and Mark's account of Jesus healing a leper. But notice the second reversal: In the Old Testament the one with "the sore of leprosy" is unclean and must "dwell apart, making his abode outside the camp." In the New Testament, Jesus, who returns the leper to health and community, must leave town into the "deserted places." Jesus the healer becomes "unclean."
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