Touched and healed

When Jesus touched the leper, the leper was healed. This healing was more than physical. In fact, Jesus healed the leper of a deeper ill, that is, of solitude.
Jesus' touch made the leper become in contact, once again, with the world and even with himself, because when a person arrives at the point of extreme aloneness, the person also begins to doubt the goodness or the value of himself/herself and of life itself.
I like what Pope Francis said yesterday at the Angelus. In front of suffering, Jesus doesn't give a lesson about the value of suffering. Rather, Jesus embraces suffering and takes it upon Himself.
Oh Lord, grant that I may not be afraid to immerse myself in life so that I may touch the people whom You love.