Jesus said to the Samaritan leper after his healing: "Stand up and go! Your faith has saved you." Our best way to say Thank You is to proclaim God's goodness.

"My kingdom does not belong to this world." Jesus is our King, but his reign is not over some expanse of territory on this earth. Instead, Jesus reigns in our hearts.

"The Lord said: I think thoughts of peace and not of affliction." In the darkness of our modern world, we cling to the hope and promise of Jesus Christ.

"This poor widow, from her poverty, has contributed all she had, her whole livelihood." As members of the Body of Christ, we are both the ones who are thirsty, and the ones who offer drink.

"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength . . . You shall love your neighbor as yourself." A central teaching of Jesus, this is how the Kingdom of God becomes real in our world today.

"They cried out: Salvation comes from our God!" The saints are our role models as they lead us to Christ.

"Let hearts that seek the Lord rejoice!" Bartimaeus teaches us to seek Jesus confidently and follow him on his way of the Cross.

"Whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant... For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve." Jesus teaches us the meaning of true greatness: through our service and care for other people.

"Fill us with your love, O Lord." Jesus challenges us to renounce the values of the world. That is how we will find the Kingdom of God.

"What God has joined together, no human being must separate." In today's Gospel, Jesus gives us his teaching on marriage and divorce.