We are with Jesus on the way to Jerusalem. And what happens is there in the area of the Transjordan, which would be the lower end of the Galilee region, an area that was under the control of Herod? And so the Pharisees come and again, they’re looking for an excuse, some reason, to have Jesus condemn. And because they want him out of the way.

And so what they do is they pose this question to him to test him. And they do it very deliberately because they know that they’re in the area of hatred. And because of that, they know that Herod is the one who had John the Baptist killed, because John kept telling him that it was wrong for him to be married to Herodias, the wife of his brother.

As you know, I believe that each and every one of us has a superpower given to us by God. Now, as many different people as are gathered here today, that’s the number of superpowers we have in the congregation. And it is very important for us to listen to the Holy Spirit so that we know which gift is ours to use for the building up of the Kingdom of God.

If I were to ask you, and I am about to, who has heard of Saint Damien of Molokai? Who has heard of Saint Damien? Raise your hands, please. Damien of Molokai. Okay. Some of you know the great missionary saint of the Hawaiian Islands, who ministered to the lepers, at the lepers and lepers are those members of the community who have Hansen’s disease.