[After
Jesus had fed the five thousand men, his disciples saw him walking on the sea.]
The next day, the crowd that remained across the sea saw that there had been
only one boat there, and that Jesus had not gone along with his disciples in
the boat, but only his disciples had left. Other boats came from Tiberias near
the place where they had eaten the bread when the Lord gave thanks. When the
crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got
into boats and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus. And when they found him
across the sea they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?” Jesus answered
them and said, “Amen, amen, I say to you, you are looking for me not because
you saw signs but because you ate the loaves and were filled. Do not work for
food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the
Son of Man will give you. For on him the Father, God, has set his seal.” So
they said to him, “What can we do to accomplish the works of God?” Jesus
answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in
the one he sent.”
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Reflection:
Why do
you go to church for Mass or why do you pray? Is it for your love of Jesus or
for your need of Jesus? Some of us go to church for Holy Mass because of our
need for Jesus, some of us pray for the same reason as well.
After
our need for Jesus has been address already we now slacken and go back to our
old ways. Until such time that we once again encounter humps and bumps in our
lives then we again have our need for Jesus.
The
people who were following Jesus were looking for Him because they saw how He
feed them in the miracle of the loaves and fish. It was not for the love of
Jesus that they were looking for Him neither for their desire to join Jesus
disciples in their mission of evangelization.
If we
look for Jesus let us not look for Him because of our need for Him alone. We
look for Him because we love and miss Him. We look for Him because we want to
partake of His mission.
It’s always better to look for Jesus rooted in our love for Him. Since this love that we have for Him is always comprehensively rewarded by Jesus in multifarious ways. Such as good health, peace of mind, peace in the family. feeling of contentment and the like. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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