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GOSPEL POWER | FEBRUARY 13, 2021 - SATURDAY
GOSPEL POWER | FEBRUARY 13, 2021
SATURDAY | 5TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME | Gospel: MK 8: 1 – 10
In those days when there was again a great crowd without anything to eat, Jesus called his disciples and said to them, “I have compassion 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 faint on the way — and some of them have come from a great distance.” His disciples replied, “How can one feed these people with bread here in the desert?” He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven.” Then he ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground; and he took the seven loaves, and after giving thanks he broke them and gave them to his disciples to distribute; and they distributed them to the crowd. They had also a few small fish; and after blessing them, he ordered that these too should be distributed. They ate and were filled; and they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full. Now there were about four thousand people. And he sent them away. And immediately he got into the boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.
REFLECTION
The disciples are portrayed in today’s Gospel episode as men of short memory. Having failed to understand the meaning of the first feeding miracle in Mk 6:34-44, they have also forgotten that it ever happened. And here they are again, faced with a hungry crowd and worried about where to get the food to satisfy these people. But Jesus shows utmost patience with his slow-witted disciples and involves them again in the feeding of this crowd. If we would be honest, we would recognize this as our own story too. When we worry over many things, are we not forgetting the many times God has shown us his care? Though we do not express doubt about God’s reliability, our worry says it loud and clear. How patient and merciful God is with us, his slow-witted creatures!
PRAYER
Lord Jesus, your outstretched arms on the cross tell us that infinity is the measure of God’s patience and mercy toward us. Thank you for loving us, undeserving though we are. Amen.
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GOSPEL POWER | FEBRUARY 13, 2021
SATURDAY | 5TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME | Gospel: MK 8: 1 – 10
In those days when there was again a great crowd without anything to eat, Jesus called his disciples and said to them, “I have compassion 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 faint on the way — and some of them have come from a great distance.” His disciples replied, “How can one feed these people with bread here in the desert?” He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven.” Then he ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground; and he took the seven loaves, and after giving thanks he broke them and gave them to his disciples to distribute; and they distributed them to the crowd. They had also a few small fish; and after blessing them, he ordered that these too should be distributed. They ate and were filled; and they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full. Now there were about four thousand people. And he sent them away. And immediately he got into the boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.
REFLECTION
The disciples are portrayed in today’s Gospel episode as men of short memory. Having failed to understand the meaning of the first feeding miracle in Mk 6:34-44, they have also forgotten that it ever happened. And here they are again, faced with a hungry crowd and worried about where to get the food to satisfy these people. But Jesus shows utmost patience with his slow-witted disciples and involves them again in the feeding of this crowd. If we would be honest, we would recognize this as our own story too. When we worry over many things, are we not forgetting the many times God has shown us his care? Though we do not express doubt about God’s reliability, our worry says it loud and clear. How patient and merciful God is with us, his slow-witted creatures!
PRAYER
Lord Jesus, your outstretched arms on the cross tell us that infinity is the measure of God’s patience and mercy toward us. Thank you for loving us, undeserving though we are. Amen.