Ten lepers called out to Jesus … Kyrie Elieison, Lord have mercy! And Jesus showed mercy and healed them, telling them to go show themselves to the priest. One, only one, returned to say thank you, and he was an enemy (a Samaritan). As if Jesus were an American and only a leper fighting for ISIS said thank you. Lepers, at that time, were required to live in isolation … thus the requirement that a priest declare them ritually clean before returning to family, worship and co