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| | GOD CARES “My heart is moved with pity for the crowd because … they have nothing to eat.” – Mark 8:2 A nun saw a little bird with a long tail walking at the edge of the wall of the belfry. The bird seemed to be looking for food so she ran down to her room to get some crackers. When she placed some crumbs on the wall, the bird ignored the food and walked to the other side. She then prayed, “Lord, I have to feed the little bird because she is hungry.” She positioned herself to where the bird was going. As she rested her hand on the wall’s edge, the bird, without any inhibition, stepped on her palm and started to peck the crumbs on her hand. After the bird had its fill, it flew away. In today’s Gospel, Jesus’ heart was moved with pity for the hungry crowd and wanted to provide food for them. But the disciples were perplexed as to where they can get enough bread to feed all the people. We easily fret and sometimes become desperate when faced with difficult situations. Just as God provided for the little bird’s food, how much more would He provide for us? So the next time you’re feeling anxious over some need of yours, remember how God cared for you in the past and trust Him to work faithfully again. Judith Concepcion (svp_jmc@yahoo.com) 11 REFLECTION: Are you in need? Trust that God will provide. Are you in abundance? Be a channel of God’s blessing. Lord, in times of want, remind me that You are Jehovah-Jireh, the God who provides. In times of abundance, teach me how to be generous and be an instrument of Your provisions. Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING Israel has a history of mistakes and unfaithfulness in her relationship with God. There are many examples of where she has strayed from the path God put before her and her leaders. Yet, God always forgives them and draws them back into His realm of influence. God has never broken His covenant with us – He has always been faithful. It is important for us to learn these basic truths so that we can apply them in our lives. 1 Kings 12:26-32; 13:33-34 26 Jeroboam thought to himself: “The kingdom will return to David’s house. 27 If now this people go up to offer sacrifices in the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, the hearts of this people will return to their master, Rehoboam, king of Judah, and they will kill me.” 28 After taking counsel, the king made two calves of gold and said to the people: “You have been going up to Jerusalem long enough. Here is your God, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.” 29 And he put one in Bethel, the other in Dan. 30 This led to sin, because the people frequented those calves in Bethel and in Dan. 31 He also built temples on the high places and made priests from among the people who were not Levites. 32 Jeroboam established a feast in the eighth month on the fifteenth day of the month to duplicate in Bethel the pilgrimage feast of Judah, with sacrifices to the calves he had made; and he stationed in Bethel priests of the high places he had built. 13: 33 Jeroboam did not give up his evil ways after this, but again made priests for the high places from among the common people. Whoever desired it was consecrated and became a priest of the high places. 34 This was a sin on the part of the house of Jeroboam for which it was to be cut off and destroyed from the earth. P S A L M Psalm 106:6-7, 19-20, 21-22 R: Remember us, O Lord, as you favor your people. 6 We have sinned, we and our fathers; we have committed crimes; we have done wrong. 7 Our fathers in Egypt considered not your wonders. (R) 19 They made a calf in Horeb and adored a molten image; 20 They exchanged their glory for the image of a grass-eating bullock. (R) 21 They forgot the God who had saved them, who had done great deeds in Egypt, 22 Wondrous deeds in the land of Ham, terrible things at the Red Sea. (R) GOSPEL Jesus feeds the four thousand. He does not want them to go hungry. Who would want them to go hungry? No one! Let us focus on the leftovers. What do they tell us in the context of this story? I think they tell us that God’s sufficiency is never just sufficient but over-abundant. Let us always remember this when we are worried about where the resources are going to come from for our next mission. It is God’s job to convert people – He will also provide the resources for us to help set the scene. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION One does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. Mark 8:1-10 1 In those days when there again was a great crowd without anything to eat, Jesus summoned the disciples and said, 2 “My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat. 3 If I send them away hungry to their homes, they will collapse on the way, and some of them have come a great distance.” 4 His disciples answered him, “Where can anyone get enough bread to satisfy them here in this deserted place?” 5 Still he asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They replied, “Seven.” 6 He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then, taking the seven loaves he gave thanks, broke them, and gave them to his disciples to distribute, and they distributed them to the crowd. 7 They also had a few fish. He said the blessing over them and ordered them distributed also. 8 They ate and were satisfied. They picked up the fragments left over — seven baskets. 9 There were about four thousand people. He dismissed the crowd 10 and got into the boat with his disciples and came to the region of Dalmanutha. 1 Corinthians 9-12 think: It is God’s job to convert people; He will also provide the resources for us to help set the scene. T O D A Y ’ S BLESSING LIST Thank You Lord for: ____________________________________ _______________________________________________________ God’s special verse/thought for me today________________ _________________________________________________________ READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR 1 Corinthians 9-12 | |
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| | SABBATH | THE FEEDING OF THE FOUR THOUSAND Jesus has pity on the people because they are hungry, so He miraculously feeds them. There are many stages to this event. There is the Eucharistic overtones whereby Jesus takes the bread, blesses it, breaks it, and then gives it to the people. This is precisely what happens at the Eucharist where we eventually feed not on the bread that was offered but the Body and Blood of Christ. The food we receive is not just physical food but the spiritual food that nourishes us for eternal life. As we reflect on this story, it is important to keep this background in mind as we try to understand its meaning today. I doubt if we are going to see too many loaves of bread and fish multiplied to fill our hunger. However, the Church does encourage us to seek nourishment in the Eucharist every day if possible. This tells us that the spiritual reality we share in the Eucharist is one that captures the essence and heart of our faith. It is not enough to consider the Eucharist a mere ritual as it is more than that. The Eucharist is the source and summit of our Christian lives and faith. The saints often remind us that there is little more important than celebrating the Eucharist with faith and humility. There is also the idea that God does provide for His people. There will be times when this is literally true in a physical sense. I have personally seen food multiplied a number of times. We need to learn to trust that God provides for us. The fact that so many do not have food to eat is not because there is not enough food to go around. Rather, it is a result of the unwillingness of people to share their excess with others. The provision is there; it is sin that creates the situation where many go hungry. And so we need to see God’s provision in both a physical and spiritual sense. If we do not receive the physical food that we need, we can still trust that spiritually God is there at all times and there is nothing others can do to deprive us of that food for eternal life. Fr. Steve Tynan, MGL REFLECTION QUESTIONS: Do you eat well every day? Are there people around you who do not? Is there anything you can do to help at least a few of them? Jesus, move me to share my blessings so that others may partake of the providence of God through my generosity. | |
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