As a snowstorm forces us indoors, we are reminded of another kind of quarantine—the isolation caused by sin. In this powerful Lenten reflection, we look at Christ’s healing of the leper and what it reveals about our own hidden spiritual wounds. Though our lives may appear clean on the outside, we each know the “stench” of our own distance from God. Lent is the season to come before Christ like the leper and pray, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” Through repentance, confession, prayer, and the Eucharist, Christ not only restores the soul—but heals the whole person.