Gospel: Mark 8:1-10
In those days when
there again was a great crowd without anything to eat, Jesus summoned the
disciples and said, “My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, because they
have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat. If I send them
away hungry to their homes, they will collapse on the way, and some of them
have come a great distance. His disciples answered him, “Where can anyone get
enough bread to satisfy them here in this deserted place?” Still he asked them,
“How many loaves do you have? They replied, “Seven.” 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. They also had a few fish. He said the blessing over them and
ordered them distributed also. They ate and were satisfied. They picked up the
fragments left over–seven baskets. There were about four thousand people.
He dismissed the
crowd and got into the boat with his disciples and came to the region of
Dalmanutha.
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Reflection:
What kind of God is Jesus?
He is a God of compassion and mercy, Jesus feels our loneliness when we are
lonely. Jesus cries with us when we cry. Jesus feels the heavy load that we
carry when we are so burdened by it. Does this feeling of compassion and mercy
stops with Jesus empathy? No, Jesus never stops of thinking of ways on how He
can make light the burdens that we carry.
We see this deep
compassion and mercy of Jesus in our gospel today. When Jesus saw the crowd who
had been following them for days He had deep compassion with them for they were
already hungry. And His mercy and compassion led Him to think on how He could
feed them.
So Jesus asked His
disciples for whatever food that they may have and out of seven loaves and few
fish Jesus miraculously multiplied it to feed almost four thousand. This is how
merciful and compassionate Jesus is to those who follow Him.
How does this gospel
speak to us? This tells us that we will never go hungry once we decide to
faithfully follow Jesus! Jesus will never let us go hungry for He will take
care of our food and He will take care of our needs. This may be hard to
believe for others but this is very true! Jesus provides for those who faithfully
follow Him.
Do we faithfully
follow Jesus? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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