To do something extraordinary?

“But his servants came up and reasoned with him. ‘My father,’ they said, ‘if the prophet had told you to do something extraordinary, would you not have done it? All the more now, since he said to you,‘Wash and be clean,’ should you do as he said.’” (2 KGS 5: 13)

Because Naaman was asked to do something simple, he questioned it. He expected “to do something extraordinary.” Sometimes we are like Naaman, thinking about God’s expectations for us as difficult and time-consuming. “Wash and be clean” is simple: meet Him in the sacrament of penance–God’s redemption—then “be clean.” He takes care of us; He makes us clean; He sanctifies us and leads us. He is our Father who loves and cares.

“I hope in the LORD, I trust in his word; with him there is kindness and plenteous redemption.” (Gospel Acclamation)