Gospel LK 5:12-16

It happened that there was a man full of leprosy in one of the towns where Jesus was;
and when he saw Jesus,
he fell prostrate, pleaded with him, and said,
“Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean.” 
Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him, and said,
“I do will it. Be made clean.” 
And the leprosy left him immediately. 
Then he ordered him not to tell anyone, but
“Go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing
what Moses prescribed; that will be proof for them.” 
The report about him spread all the more,
and great crowds assembled to listen to him
and to be cured of their ailments,
but he would withdraw to deserted places to pray.

Here we read about one of Jesus miracles - curing a man with leprosy who wants to be "clean" again.  Of course now we understand leprosy to be an infectious disease, but back in Jesus time, they probably thought that lepers were cursed.  The deeper meaning is that Jesus has the capacity to make all of us "clean."  Part of the human condition is that we sometimes (often?) fall short of what is good, noble, and true.  Jesus gives me a higher standard to shoot for - not only that, he heals my deeper wounds and removes all other obstacles so that I can live a holy life.