Daily Gospel Meditation & Discussion - Wednesday 3December 2008 - ALWAYS SUFFICIENT GRACE IN ABUNDANCE

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‘On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wine on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wine on the lees well refined. …He will swallow up death for ever, and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces.” (Is. 25:6,8)

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What can satisfy the deepest hunger and longing of the human heart? Isaiah prophesied that God would provide a heavenly banquet for all peoples and would destroy death once and for all (Isaiah 2:6-8). Jesus came to fulfill that promise. Jesus’ miracles are both a sign of God’s kingdom and a demonstration of God’s power. They also show…
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[BarbaraTherese]

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Today’s Gospel is like the rising sun. It is always the same sun, every day, which rejoices life and renders plants fertile. The greatest danger is routine. Routine kills the Gospel and extinguishes the sun of life.

• The elements which form the picture of the Gospel are always the same: Jesus, the mountain, the sea, the crowds, the sick, the needy, the problems of life. In spite of the fact of knowing them well, like the sun of every day, these same elements always bring a new message.

• Like Moses, Jesus goes up to the mountain and the people gather around him. They bring their problems with them: the sick, the lame, the blind, the mute, the deaf, so many problems… Not only the big ones but also the small ones. They are the beginning of the new People of God who gather together around the new Moses. Jesus cures all of them.

• Jesus calls the Disciples. He has compassion of the people who have nothing to eat . According to the Disciples, the solution has to come from outside: “Where to find bread to feed so many people?” According to Jesus the solution has to come from the people: “How many loaves have you?” “Seven and a few small fish”. With these few loaves of bread and small fish Jesus satisfies the hunger of all, and there are even some left over. If today people would share what they have, there would be no hunger in the world. Many things would be left over! Truly, another world is possible!

• The account of the multiplication of the loaves recalls the Eucharist and reveals its value in saying: “Jesus, took the bread in his hands, gave thanks, broke it and gave it to his Disciples”.

** Personal questions**

• Jesus feels compassion. Is there any compassion in me, in the face of the problems of humanity?

Do I do something about it?

• The Disciples expect that the solution comes from outside. Jesus asks for the solution from within?

And I?.