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Who Needs Healing?

Published: May 15, 2007, 5:07 a.m.

b'In his Easter 6 sermon Glynn Cardy examines the difference between illness and disease and the challenge being healed presents.\\n\\n"In Monty Python\\u2019s The Life of Brian, a clever parody of the Gospel, there is a sketch where a man approaches Brian yelling out: \\u201cAlms for an ex-leper.\\u201d Brian inquires about the \\u2018ex\\u2019 bit. To which the man replies, \\u201cSome do-gooder came along and healed me - took my whole livelihood away.\\u201d With the magic of humour the Monty Python team ask an important question about healing, namely: \\u2018Are we prepared to bear the cost of it?\\u2019" Full text at http://www.stmatthews.org.nz/nav.php?sid=322&id=727.'