The instructions he receives are simple: go and bathe seven times in the Jordan.
Elisha does not wave his arms and jump around or demand that Naaman do anything complicated. Naaman is angry. He expects more.
Some people can look at the sacrament of Penance and think, “It’s too easy. A person confessed to a priest, says a couple of prayers, and all is forgiven?” And our answer is “Yes!”, because that is the God we believe in, a God who loves us so much that he has provided a simple path to the forgiveness of our sin.
In this Lenten Season, let us turn to God. Let us accept the gift. In this time when we cannot do many other things, we can still go to our priests and bishops and individually receive the Sacrament of Penance.
