Kyrie Eleison

Jesus Cleanses Ten Lepers
11 On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. 12 And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, [11] who stood at a distance 13 and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” 14 When he saw them he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were cleansed. 15 Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; 16 and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan. 17 Then Jesus answered, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? 18 Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” 19 And he said to him, “Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well.” [12]
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This one always gets me - like the story of the woman with the contant bleeding, or or blind Bartimaus, or the thief on the cross who trusted Him, I find myself in that place of saying, "Lord, have mercy!" and my heart cries out for his grace.

Often we have some small need that provokes us to seek him in this way. Certainly the characters listed above had much larger needs and pains than I have ever known, but they understood that the grace Jesus' offered went much deeper than the surface symptoms. He reached inside to cover sin, to restore life and to salvage relationship with him.