Beauty of Korazim
"The first convert" of Andrew the Apostle.[1]
Woman lighthearted in her youth, hence her nickname."An adulteress seventy times seven, with anyone who was a “man” and had money. A homicide seven times seven of her illegitimate conceptions; a prostitute for pleasure not for need."[2]She becomes leprous in her mature age (she must be about 50 or 60 years old). Evangelized by Andrew the Apostle on the shores of the lake where she had taken refuge, she is healed by Jesus.
Remarkable points
The woman asks for the healing of the soul:"Cleanse me, Lord, my soul before my body, because I am impure three times, and if You want to give me one purity, only one, I beg You to give me the purity of my sinful soul. Before hearing Your words, that he repeated to me, I used to say: “To be cured and to go back amongst people”. Now that I know, I say: 'To be forgiven, that I may have eternal life.'"[3]
Jesus grants her the healing of the soul, but, like Naaman,[4] when she goes to bathe as instructed, it is the body as well that is healed.[5]
The healing causes a great stir and Jesus must justify his pity towards the sinner:"Oh! I understand you, wives, whose husbands were unfaithful! I understand your rejoicing when you were told: 'The flesh of the Beauty is more fetid and putrid than a carrion lying in the ditch of a main road, a prey to crows and worms'. But I say to you: you must forgive. God took your vengeance and then God forgave. You must forgive, too. I forgave her also on your behalf, because I know that you are good, o women of Bethsaida"[6]
Where is it mentioned in the work?
GRM 94 GRM 96 GRM 133