DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage
Dear Friend in the Lord,
Jesus’ Miracles – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus reminded His disciples about the different miracles of the multiplication of loaves, and asked them to reflect more deeply on their significance to their faith. Ponder on, “Do we sometimes behave likewise, and fail to see and value the ‘miracles’ that God continues to work in our lives?”
Fr Philip Heng, S.J.
Mark 8:14-21
The disciples had forgotten to take any bread and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. Then Jesus gave them this warning, ‘Keep your eyes open; look out for the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.’ And they said to one another, ‘It is because we have no bread.’
And Jesus knew it, and he said to them, ‘Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not understand, still not realise? Are your minds closed? Have you eyes and do not see, ears and do not hear? Or do you not remember? When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of scraps did you collect?’ They answered, ‘Twelve.’
‘And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many baskets full of scraps did you collect?’ And they answered, ‘Seven.’ Then he said to them, ‘Do you still not realise?’