FIVE LOAVES AND TWO FISH

January 4, 2011


D A I L Y G O S P E L

If you want to be a pastor or leader in the Church get ready to be tired most of the time. The heart of a true pastor will always struggle to know when to rest and say that I have done all I can for now. The true pastor will see the needs of his flock and desire to meet them. The truth is, it is not possible for one person to meet all the needs of a large flock, and probably not even a small one. This is why we all must pitch in and help where we can in the care of our parishes and communities. Let us not make problems for our leaders but at least be a part of the solution to their problems.


ALLELUIA

R: Alleluia, alleluia

The Lord has sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor and to proclaim liberty to captives.

R: Alleluia, alleluia


Mark 6:34-44


34 When Jesus saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things. 35 By now it was already late and his disciples approached him and said, “This is a deserted place and it is already very late. 36 Dismiss them so that they can go to the surrounding farms and villages and buy themselves something to eat.” 37 He said to them in reply, “Give them some food yourselves.” But they said to him, “Are we to buy two hundred days’ wages worth of food and give it to them to eat?” 38 He asked them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” And when they had found out they said, “Five loaves and two fish.” 39 So he gave orders to have them sit down in groups on the green grass. 40 The people took their places in rows by hundreds and by fifties. 41 Then, 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. 42 They all ate and were satisfied. 43 And they picked up twelve wicker baskets full of fragments and what was left of the fish. 44 Those who ate of the loaves were five thousand men.