Gospel MK 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.
Jesus performs another amazing miracle. The deeper meaning here? I think there are two. Jesus once again satisfies our deepest needs and desires. Here Jesus multiplies the bread and fish to feed thousands so they don't leave hungry. He also satisfies our deeper spiritual hunger, so that we don't leave this world spiritually hungry. This is also very much a story of abundance. Jesus takes what we have, however inadequate it might seem, and makes it enough - really more than enough (there were more than 7 baskets of leftovers!). How's that for a partnership? I am at my best when I am aware of my dependence on God to multiply everything I have (time, talent, treasure) and use it for God's greater glory.
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.
Jesus performs another amazing miracle. The deeper meaning here? I think there are two. Jesus once again satisfies our deepest needs and desires. Here Jesus multiplies the bread and fish to feed thousands so they don't leave hungry. He also satisfies our deeper spiritual hunger, so that we don't leave this world spiritually hungry. This is also very much a story of abundance. Jesus takes what we have, however inadequate it might seem, and makes it enough - really more than enough (there were more than 7 baskets of leftovers!). How's that for a partnership? I am at my best when I am aware of my dependence on God to multiply everything I have (time, talent, treasure) and use it for God's greater glory.
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