The 28th Sunday of the Year
2 Kgs 5:14-17; 2 Tim 2 8-13; Lk 17:11-19 (Year C)
"All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Shout to the Lord all the earth, ring out your joy."
Psalm 97 invites all the nations of the earth to proclaim a salvation that embraces the whole of creation. The inheritance of sin is alienation and division. The salvation promised to Israel would bring healing to the divided nations.
The Book of Kings, with its narrative of the cleansing of Naaman, a general in the Syrian army, foreshadowed the universal salvation proclaimed to all the nations in the death and resurrection of Jesus.
