Homily (Reflection) for Saturday of
the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (11th February, 2017) on the
Gospel
(B.V.M. on Saturday, or Our Lady of Lourdes,
Opt. Mems)
Gen 3:9-24;
Ps 89:2-6.12-13 (R. v.1);Mk 8:1-10.
Topic: Look beyond the challenges.
Jesus said to His disciples about the great crowd around Him in
today’s gospel,
I have compassion for the crowd, because they have been with
me 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 questioned, “How can one feed these people with
bread here in the desert?” They had forgotten that this same Jesus fed five thousand
with five loaves and two fish, cf. Mk
6:30-44. Again, He led the Israelites forty years in the wilderness, their
clothes did not wear out nor their sandals worn off your feet, cf. Deut 29:5.
We do ask similar
questions. We also forget bigger things He has done. God made everything from
nothing, cf. Is 45:12; Heb 11:3. He is
able and willing to take care of all His creatures. Hence Jesus admonished,
“...do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall
drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food,
and the body more than clothing?” (Matt
6:25).
The crowd did not say even a word for Jesus to know their difficulties.
God is aware of what you go through. We ought to remember always,
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man.
God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your strength, but
with the temptation will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able
to endure it (1Cor 10:13).
Bible Reading: Is 43:1-28.
Thought for today: Our God is God, and there is no other, cf. Is 45:18.
Let us pray: God, open our eyes to see you in every
circumstance – Amen.
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