Matthew 15:29-37
At that
time:Jesus
walked by the Sea of Galilee, went up on the mountain, and sat down there. Great
crowds came to him, having with them the lame, the blind, the deformed, the
mute, and many others. They placed them at his feet, and he cured them. The
crowds were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the deformed made whole, the
lame walking, and the blind able to see, and they glorified the God of Israel.
Jesus
summoned his disciples and said, “My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, for
they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat. I do not
want to send them away hungry, for fear they may collapse on the way.” The
disciples said to him, “Where could we ever get enough bread in this deserted
place to satisfy such a crowd?” Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you
have?” “Seven,” they replied, “and a few fish.” He ordered the crowd to sit
down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, gave thanks,
broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the
crowds. They all ate and were satisfied. They picked up the fragments left
over–seven baskets full.
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Reflection:
What do
you do when you see the poor? Do you go out of your way to give them something to
alleviate their hunger?
Jesus
summoned his disciples and said, “My heart is moved with pity for the crowd,
for they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat.”
Try
closing your eyes and imagine that you’re with the disciples and meditate on
these profound words of Jesus, imagine that His saying these words to you. Did
you discern that Jesus is telling you to be His instrument in feeding those who
have nothing in life?
In these
hard times where hunger is commonplace, Jesus is also telling us that: “Your
heart should also be moved with pity for those who are going hungry. For those who
have nothing in life, for those who are being oppressed and for those who are
weak and abandoned.
It’s easy
to say I will help or do something to help the poor and hungry. But the real
test of discipleship is not with words. The real test is when we act and do something
which is concrete and tangible. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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