Adina the leper
Leper from the valley of Hinnom south of Jerusalem. A sinner, she is not among the lepers who, believing in Jesus, will be healed during his various visits.[1] She gradually repents but shame overcomes her and she does not dare to appear before Jesus:
"No! I am not coming because I did not believe Him the other times He came… and He will not listen to me any more… in any case I cannot walk"[2]
However, Jesus perceives her soul:
"Where is the woman? Why is she not coming? Dare she not confront the face of the Son of man, when she was not afraid of having to meet the face of God when she was sinning? Go and tell her that she was forgiven much because of her repentance and resignation and that the Eternal Father has sent Me to absolve all the sins of those who have repented their past."[3]
She then confesses:
"You can do everything. And You can also give me the soul of my early years. I believe, Lord."[4]
Jesus heals her:
Her name
Adina is the name of one of David’s mighty men.[5] It can also be the feminine form of Adi or Adin, meaning "delicate, refined..."