 | Daily Bible Reflections
for April 16, 2010 |
|  Dear Lordie,
This Friday, work with Him at your side.
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
| | MIRACLE OF THE LOAVES REVISITED …and filled twelve wicker baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves. – John 6:13 Almost 10 years ago, I spent four days in a retreat with Pascal Pingualt, the founder of the Bread of Life Community in France. He shared with us one event when the Bread of Life brothers received this idea of organizing a Pentecost for the poor. They invited everybody without any registration even though they didn’t have money. They planned the affair to last for three days. They didn’t know how many would come. Yet they organized everything, pitched tents and so on. Five thousand came. It was a lot of people to feed by a community that didn’t have any money. And there was no registration fee! But they simply prayed. Miraculously, all had enough to eat during the three-day affair. A butcher gave one ton of cooked rice. Someone else brought a truck of chocolate. With the many poor people, they ate and prayed and had a big feast for three days. Miracles preached in the Gospel can happen today in our midst — if we exercise enough faith and obedience to what the Holy Spirit prompts us.Cristy Galang (cristy_cc@yahoo.com) REFLECTION: Do I allow the Holy Spirit to perform miracles through me? Do I have enough faith and trust in the Lord to make this happen? My Jesus, thank You for reminding me of the great things You can do in me or through me — if only I will trust You enough. Oh please increase my faith and openness to Your Spirit. Amen. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING The wisdom of Gamaliel is easy to understand but very difficult for the authorities to accept as it means letting things run their natural course rather than exercising their powers to try and control it. However, the logic of Gamaliel’s position is so powerful that it really is the only sensible course to choose. Acts 5:34-42 34 A Pharisee in the Sanhedrin named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, respected by all the people, stood up, ordered the men to be put outside for a short time, 35 and said to them, “Fellow Israelites, be careful what you are about to do to these men. 36 Some time ago, Theudas appeared, claiming to be someone important, and about four hundred men joined him, but he was killed, and all those who were loyal to him were disbanded and came to nothing. 37 After him came Judas the Galilean at the time of the census. He also drew people after him, but he too perished and all who were loyal to him were scattered. 38 So now I tell you, have nothing to do with these men, and let them go. For if this endeavor or this activity is of human origin, it will destroy itself. 39 But if it comes from God, you will not be able to destroy them; you may even find yourselves fighting against God.” They were persuaded by him. 40 After recalling the apostles, they had them flogged, ordered them to stop speaking in the name of Jesus, and dismissed them. 41 So they left the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been found worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name. 42 And all day long, both at the temple and in their homes, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the Christ, Jesus. P S A L M Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14 R: One thing I seek: to dwell in the house of the Lord. 1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom should I fear? The LORD is my life’s refuge; of whom should I be afraid? (R) 4 One thing I ask of the LORD; this I seek, to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, that I may gaze on the loveliness of the LORD and contemplate his temple. (R) 13 I believe that I shall see the bounty of the LORD in the land of the living. 14 Wait for the LORD with courage; be stout-hearted, and wait for the LORD. (R) G O S P E L At the beginning of the chapter of John’s Gospel that deals with the Eucharistic discourse, we have the multiplication of the food miracle. Why? A reasonable guess, however, is that he wants to open up the discourse on spiritual food in what will become known as the Eucharist with a story about physical food. Both are necessary for human life. John 6:1-15 1 Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee. 2 A large crowd followed him, because they saw the signs he was performing on the sick. 3 Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. 4 The Jewish feast of Passover was near. 5 When Jesus raised his eyes and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, he said to Philip, “Where can we buy enough food for them to eat?” 6 He said this to test him, because he himself knew what he was going to do. 7 Philip answered him, “Two hundred days’ wages worth of food would not be enough for each of them to have a little.” 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to him, 9 “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what good are these for so many?” 10 Jesus said, “Have the people recline.” Now there was a great deal of grass in that place. So the men reclined, about five thousand in number. 11 Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were reclining, and also as much of the fish as they wanted. 12 When they had had their fill, he said to his disciples, “Gather the fragments left over, so that nothing will be wasted.” 13 So they collected them, and filled twelve wicker baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves that had been more than they could eat. 14 When the people saw the sign he had done, they said, “This is truly the Prophet, the one who is to come into the world.” 15 Since Jesus knew that they were going to come and carry him off to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain alone. my reflections t h i n k : Both physical and spiritual food are necessary for human life. _________________________________________________________
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| | SABBATH | WHY ALL THE LEFTOVER FOOD? Whenever I reflect upon the parables of the multiplication of the food (which, by the way, is the only miracle that is common to all the four Gospels), I always wonder why there is so much food left over. What do you think? The simplest answer is that it is God’s way of showing that His love is overflowing. Yet, there are many in the world who would say that this is not their experience of life on a daily basis. What does this miracle story mean to those who lack food, water, medicine, housing, etc.? This is very difficult to answer. Some might say that the miracle is symbolic of God’s love for us but this answer falls short because if we truly love someone, we will do what we can to give them what they need. Perhaps the answer lies more along the mystery of God’s provision. Perhaps it is a challenge to us who have more to give to those in need. After all, the initial experience in the miracle is that of “want” as the disciples seek to feed a massive crowd with a few loaves of bread and a couple of fish. Jesus does what He can and there is more left over. Perhaps the excess is meant to symbolize that when we give to others, we should not calculate the exact amount they need but give generously to them and do our best to ensure that they will have enough. In this case, the excess is seen as a sign of generosity and disinterestedness in oneself when faced with the needs of others. I think this starts to get closer to the point of the miracle — God does what He can, and leaves the rest to us. There is enough food in the world to feed everyone. But there are many who eat excessively and wastefully while others barely have anything to eat. Those who have too much should bring their excess to those who need it. How this is done on a global scale is beyond me, but on a local scale, it is clear that each of us has a moral responsibility to do all that we can to alleviate the sufferings of those around us. Fr. Steve Tynan, MGL Reflection Question: What do I see as my responsibility towards those who are suffering? How can I help them? Father, You did not want to see us punished for our sins so You sent Jesus to redeem us. We did not deserve this but You did it anyway. Help me to put the dignity of human life before any judgments of the worthiness of an individual for my help. St. Encratia, pray for us. | |
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