Who Needs Healing?

In his Easter 6 sermon Glynn Cardy examines the difference between illness and disease and the challenge being healed presents. "In Monty Python’s The Life of Brian, a clever parody of the Gospel, there is a sketch where a man approaches Brian yelling out: “Alms for an ex-leper.” Brian inquires about the ‘ex’ bit. To which the man replies, “Some do-gooder came along and healed me - took my whole livelihood away.” With the magic of humour the Monty Python team ask an important question about healing, namely: ‘Are we prepared to bear the cost of it?’" Full text at http://www.stmatthews.org.nz/nav.php?sid=322&id=727.