2.14.14

 Lectio:  Mk 8.1-10                                                                                                                     

Meditatio: ”He [Jesus] 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.” Mk 8 6
                                                                            
Oratio: O God, You do not simply feel for people in their need but You do for them.

I remember when Jesus had been preaching to a large crowd all day and it was time for them to be dismissed, He felt pity for them because they had no food and it was a long way home for many; and so He multiplied the seven loaves and a few fish and fed the four thousand.

Grant  that I may be ever grateful that Jesus continues to feed us daily with the greatest of all food, the Eucharist; and seek the grace to be Eucharist for others out of gratitude.

I  ask this and all things in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You
and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

Contemplatio: spend some time in silence and meditate on the selected passage and hear what.
God is saying to you

Operatio: reflect"taking..., gave thanks, broke, and gave”; these actions of Jesus in the multiplication of the seven loaves are the same actions that He performed when He instituted the Eucharist. These are the same actions His priests perform every day as they do so in memory of Him.  In prayer seek the grace of gratitude to Jesus for continuing to feed us with the finest of food and show gratitude by being Christ for others and the Food we receive will have the wonderful nourishment intended.

Tomorrow' s reading: Mt 15.17-37