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The Multiplication of food

Gospel
Matthew 15:29-37
The crowds praised the God of Israel

Jesus reached the shores of the Sea of Galilee, and he went up into the hills. He sat there, and large crowds came to him bringing the lame, the crippled, the blind, the dumb and many others; these they put down at his feet, and he cured them. The crowds were astonished to see the dumb speaking, the cripples whole again, the lame walking and the blind with their sight, and they praised the God of Israel.
    But Jesus called his disciples to him and said, ‘I feel sorry for all these people; they have been with me for three days now and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them off hungry, they might collapse on the way.’ The disciples said to him, ‘Where could we get enough bread in this deserted place to feed such a crowd?’ Jesus said to them, ‘How many loaves have you?’ ‘Seven’ they said ‘and a few small fish.’ Then he instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves and the fish, and he gave thanks and broke them and handed them to the disciples, who gave them to the crowds. They all ate as much as they wanted, and they collected what was left of the scraps, seven baskets full.

Reflection
In two days ago reading Christ talks about the importance of faith. Today he showed the importance of care and pity. He pitied the blind,the lame and he healed them.  The greatest pity was when the masses had been with him for three days not eaten he decided to send them away empty . That is why we have the miracle of the 5 thousand. The  question is do we show pity and care for our neighbours who are down and out?

Let us pray
Lord Jesus you show so much love and pity for your people. You do not want to see them sick or go away hungry. Grant we pray we too will show the same pity and care to our neighbours who are down and out.

Amen







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