{"id":2666,"date":"2026-01-18T00:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T22:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gomos.se\/en\/?p=2666"},"modified":"2026-01-29T00:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T22:28:13","slug":"%ce%bf%ce%bc%ce%b9%ce%bb%ce%af%ce%b1-%cf%83%ce%b5%ce%b2-%ce%bc%ce%b7%cf%84%cf%81%ce%bf%cf%80%ce%bf%ce%bb%ce%af%cf%84%ce%bf%cf%85-%cf%83%ce%bf%cf%85%ce%b7%ce%b4%ce%af%ce%b1%cf%82-%ce%ba-%ce%ba%ce%bb-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gomos.se\/en\/%ce%bf%ce%bc%ce%b9%ce%bb%ce%af%ce%b1-%cf%83%ce%b5%ce%b2-%ce%bc%ce%b7%cf%84%cf%81%ce%bf%cf%80%ce%bf%ce%bb%ce%af%cf%84%ce%bf%cf%85-%cf%83%ce%bf%cf%85%ce%b7%ce%b4%ce%af%ce%b1%cf%82-%ce%ba-%ce%ba%ce%bb-3\/","title":{"rendered":"H. E. Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden\u2019s Homily on the 12th Sunday of Luke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dearly Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s Gospel presents a scene both merciful and searching: ten lepers cry out to the Lord from a distance, \u201cJesus, Master, have mercy on us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their illness had made them outcasts, separated from worship, family, and the ordinary life of the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Fathers see in leprosy an image of sin; a sickness that isolates and disfigures the human person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notice first the humility of the lepers. They ask for mercy, and Christ, in His compassion, responds at once, yet in a way that requires trust: \u201cGo, show yourselves to the priests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saint John Chrysostom points to the wonder here, that they were not healed before they went, but \u201cas they went\u201d they were cleansed. Obedience becomes the path of healing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only one, a Samaritan, comes back, glorifying God with a loud voice, falling at Christ\u2019s feet, and giving thanks. The foreigner becomes the model, and those who seemed \u201ccloser\u201d do not return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saint Cyril of Alexandria teaches that gratitude is not a small virtue, but the very sign of a heart that has begun to know God. The nine received a gift; the one returned to the Giver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is why the Lord says to him: \u201cArise, go your way; your faith has saved you.\u201d Many receive benefits from God\u2014health, provision, protection, consolation\u2014yet remain at a distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanksgiving brings us near. It turns miracles into communion. It teaches us to see every mercy as a call to return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the true healing is not only to be cleansed, but to be saved: to be brought near to Christ, and to remain at His feet in gratitude and love. Amen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dearly Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Today\u2019s Gospel presents a scene both merciful and searching: ten lepers cry out to the Lord from a distance, \u201cJesus, Master, have mercy on us.\u201d Their illness had made them outcasts, separated from worship, family, and the ordinary life of the community. The Fathers see in leprosy an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,34,15],"tags":[22,24],"class_list":["post-2666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homilies","category-metropolitan","category-news","tag-homily","tag-st-georgios-cathedral-stockholm"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t