Fr. Michael writes: The Gospel today tells how Jesus cured a leper by touching him. Nowadays, we have no lepers among us, so one might ask:- “What is the relevance of this for us?” The importance of the Gospel is that the worst suffering of the leper was caused, not by leprosy itself, but by the consequences of it – being rejected by people. The relevance for us lies there – in the people we reject, who we treat like “lepers”. The ‘leper’ is anyone I exclude or cut off anyone I look down on or despise. That person may even be living under my roof. We can reject in small but subtle ways. It may be in indifference the tone of my voice or a look. The medical world tells us that it costs about £1 to cure a person of leprosy today. What does it take to cure a person of rejection? A little dose of the oldest drug of all – love. All of us have the capacity of love.6th Sunday of the Year