HAND OVER YOUR LOAVES
(Mark 8:1-10)
Jesus feels with the hungry crowd
in the desert. They have been with Him for three days and had nothing to eat.
He never wanted to send them away so that they will not faint on the way. The
disciples were wondering how Jesus was to concretize His compassion towards the
crowd. They asked Him the possibility of feeding such a number of people in the
desert.
He asked them how many loaves
they had. It was seven loaves and a few small fish. Jesus asked them to hand it
over to Him. He blessed them giving thanks, broke them and handed them back to
be shared. The result was amazing. Great miracle followed.
What have you? How many loaves do
you have? Give them all to Jesus. The Lord Jesus stretches out His hand for you
to hand over your insufficiency, your lack, your little, whatever you have to
Him. Hand over your family issues to Him. In the desert of your business, do a
hand over. Hand over that your small money in your bank account to Jesus. Put
it to good use and believe God to bless you. You've got to hand over your
little salary to God. With it, God will help you in raising your children.
Wait a moment, in this desert of
lack and poverty in the country, could it be that some people hand over their
little to wrong hands? Have you wasted the little upon which God wants to build
you up on frivolities? Hand it over to the only holy hand. The hand of God on
whatever we do and whatever we need, whatever we have and whatever we will be
makes a whole lot of difference.
May God bless your little effort,
may He show compassion to us in our hunger for justice, for peace, for true
love and for progress.
LET US PRAY
We hand over to you Oh Lord our
nothingness, our littleness, our desert experiences and all our lacks. We
transfer them all into your holy hands. Bless them, give them back to us in a
more favourable and satisfied way. Do not allow us go starved of your goodness.
May your love be with us as we place all our hope in you for if you send us
away, we will have no place to go. Keep us safe in thy hands through Christ our
Lord. Amen
God bless your Saturday (5th
Week, Ordinary Time, Yr B)
Rev Fr Julian O Ekeh
Image from: Wednesday of Trinity 7: What Was Jesus’ Yeast? - Gnostic America
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