And one of them, realizing he had been healed, returned, glorifying God in a loud voice; and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. He was a Samaritan. (Luke 17:15-16)

And one of them, realizing he had been healed, returned, glorifying God in a loud voice; and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. He was a Samaritan. 
(Luke 17:15-16)
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Ten lepers cried to Jesus, on His way to Jerusalem,

"Jesus, Master, have pity on us."

Jesus said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests; "

Having faith in Jesus, they obeyed.

On their way to the priests they were cured.

Of the ten, one, a Samaritan returned to Jesus to thank Him for having cured him.

The rest went on their way to the priests

as having been asked

without any feeling of gratitude to Jesus

who had cured them.

The Samaritan expressed his gratitude  in a very passionate way.

First, he “returned, glorifying God in a loud voice.” 

  He  praised and worshipped God

Then he “fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked Him.” 

First he praised God for having cured him.

  He glorified   God out of sincere and deep gratitude.

He knew that  it was Jesus who had cured him.

It means he accepted Jesus as God.

By falling at the feet of Jesus, he sincerely accepted his own humility,

a feeling which comes when we accept our utter nothingness before God who is our everything. 

We must learn a lesson from the Samaritan's act.

Profound and humble gratitude must always be our sincere  response to the goodness of God.

How about us?

  How deep is our gratitude toward God? 

Are we fully aware of all that God does for us every day? 

If not,

let us  imitate this leper.

We will discover the same joy that he discovered.

Lourdu Selvam