01.04.16

Lectio: Mk 6.34-44                                                

Meditatio: “Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; he also divided the two fish among them all.” Mk 6.41


Oratio: O God, Your Son showed great compassion for the people following Him for He not only fed their souls -preaching to them at great length - but He also fed their bodies. And did so with superabundance. Seek the grace to show compassion to others and allow God to operate through us to them for that is Jesus’ way.
                                                                        
Contemplatio: Spend some time with today's text and see how the Lord is speaking to you.

Operatio: reflect: “five loaves....blessing, broke....gave” ; the actions Jesus displayed in the feeding of the five thousand mirrored the actions in His giving us the Eucharist at the Last Supper. Seek the grace to be generous with our time, talent and treasure for that is the Way of Jesus and it must be our way, too.

Tomorrow's reading: Mk 6.45-52    

P,S. today, is the feast day of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American born and citizen to be canonized. She was a convert, a wife, mother and foundress of a religious order and patron saint of the parish I last served as its pastor.