Gospel: Mark 8:14-21
The disciples had
forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. Jesus
enjoined them, “Watch out, guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and the
leaven of Herod. They concluded among themselves that it was because they had
no bread. When he became aware of this he said to them, “Why do you conclude
that it is because you have no bread? Do you not yet understand or comprehend? Are
your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes and not see, ears and not hear? And do
you not remember, when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many
wicker baskets full of fragments you picked up? They answered him, “Twelve.” “When
I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many full baskets of
fragments did you pick up?” They answered him, “Seven.” He said to them, “Do
you still not understand?”
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Reflection:
What do you do when you
go through your life’s trials? Do you fully trust the Lord to make things
better for you? Do you say, Lord I give to you all my worries and I trust the
you will take care of it and you will give me help.
If your mindset is
to surrender everything to the Lord, it then speak volumes of you enormous
faith in Jesus. Come what may you will trust Jesus more than trust yourself and
anybody else. Is your faith in Jesus as strong as this that you trust Jesus
more than anybody else?
In our gospel, when the
disciples together with Jesus were already in the boat they found out that they
had only one bread. And they were naturally worried, for how could this one
bread fill all of their hungry stomachs?
In the midst of their
worries Jesus reminded them about His miracle of the loaves where He feed the
thousands. As if Jesus was telling them: Why are you worried that you will not
be able to eat when I am with you!
The disciples failed
their test of faith; they doubted if Jesus would be able to help them. Did they
doubt or they simply forgot that Jesus was with them in that boat?
We all face our own
set of test of faith. Perhaps many of us also fail this test of faith and we
doubt if we will be able to achieve what we want in life. Or for the reason of
our many worries we simply forget that we have a powerful friend and God in
Jesus.
Let us doubt no more let us fully trust Jesus
for He will never fail us. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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