Jesus did not like that the law separated someone from society because they were ‘unclean’. To try to combat this misconception, Jesus touched the man when healing him.

Those who passed too close to one of these “unclean” places could find that they had picked up some kind of spirit, which, like a parasite, would disrupt their life or even drain it completely.

Yet in the account in Mark, Jesus not only heals the man with leprosy; he also touches him. In doing so, Jesus defied Levitical law. He himself became “unclean.” ...

It’s the fourth Sunday of Lent and today’s reading is the healing of our Lord Jesus Christ of the man born blind. If we printed the entire gospel, we’d run out of space. But this passage ...