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Heyo! Welcome back to Scattering Flowers with Elise and Miles, a podcast where you read the daily Gospels and the Saint of the Day.
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Today is Wednesday, November 11th, and the Gospel reading is Luke 17, 11 through 19, and the scripture to reflect on is Luke 17:15.
One of them, when he realized that he had been cured, came back praising God in a loud voice.
Do you know what a leper is?
A leper is a person who has a disease called leprosy.
This disease causes sores all over your body.
Leprosy was very common in Jesus’s day, and people who had this disease were taught to be dirty and unclean.
They were required to stay away from other people because of the fear that they might infect them with their disease.
In today’s story, Jesus healed ten lepers from their disease, but only one of the ten remembered to say thank you.
God does so much for us.
Every day He provides everything we need: food, clothing, and a place to live.
Do we ever forget to say thank you?
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, we should stop to take time and say thank you, and ask God to help us remember to thank Him every day.
Today’s Saint of the Day is Saint Martin of Tours.
Martin was born of pagan parents in what is now called Hungary around the year 316 and was raised in Italy.
The son of a Roman officer, he was forced to serve in the army at the age of 15.
He became a Christian.
Catechumen and was baptized at 18.
On a cold day, the legend goes, Martin met a poor man, almost naked, trembling, and begs for him passerby.
Martin had nothing but weapons and clothes.
He drew his sword, cut his cloak into two pieces, and gave one to the beggar.
That night in his sleep, Martin saw Christ dressed in half of a garment he had given away and heard him say, Martin, still a catechumen, has covered me with his garment.
At 23, Martin was discharged and went to be a disciple of Saint Hilary of Poitiers, France.
He ordained a priest and, after a brief exile, returned to France, where he lived for 10 years, forming his disciples and preaching throughout the countryside.
The people of Tours demanded that he become their bishop.
He was an ideal good pastor, forming other monasteries, educating the clergy, and preaching the gospel.
He died in 397.
Let’s pray.
In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Dear God, help us to remember to thank you every day, no matter where I am.
O God, your Bishop Saint Martin glorified you by both his life and his death.
Renew in us your grace so that neither death nor life can separate us from your love.
Saint Martin of Tours, pray for us.
Amen.
In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
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