Sunday, May 29, 2016 Body and Blood of Christ
1st Reading: Genesis 14:18-20 2nd Reading: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 Gospel: Luke 9:11-17
When the crowd caught up with Jesus in Bethsaida, he welcomed them and began speaking about the kingdom of God, curing those who needed healing.
The day was drawing to a close and the Twelve drew near to tell him, “Send the crowd away and let them go into the villages and farms around, to find lodging and food, for we are here in a lonely place.” But Jesus replied, “You yourselves give them something to eat.” They answered, “We have only five loaves and two fish; do you want us to go and buy food enough for all this crowd?” For there were about five thousand men. Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Make people sit down in groups of fifties.”
So they made all of them settle down. Jesus then took the five loaves and two fish, and raising his eyes to heaven, pronounced a blessing over them; he broke them and gave them to the disciples to distribute to the crowd. They ate and everyone had enough; and when they gathered up what was left, twelve baskets were filled with broken pieces.
D@iGITAL-EXPERIENCE
(Daily Gospel in the
Assimilated Life
Experience)
When Jesus told the Apostles to address the hunger of the multitude that followed them to the deserted place, the solution they proposed was to send them away. It was the most convenient solution but not the most charitable option. People could collapse on their way home, and the sick would be too weak to go away without food.
When Jesus disapproved the apostles’ plan, they protested that they only had five loaves and two fish. But Jesus stood firm on his instruction. After all he did not intend to leave everything to them. They just had to start feeding the people with their available resources and he was ready to do the rest. The same thing can be said of the problem of poverty in our country. If all sectors will do what is within their means to trigger a domino effect in poverty alleviation, God will do the rest.
This is the challenge every time we eat the body of Christ at the Eucharistic table. If we truly believe that the Eucharistic bread is Jesus’ body, how come we have not grown to be like Jesus as we take him everyday at Holy Communion? Fuerbach, a German philosopher, said that man is what he eats. This makes a lot of sense in the Eucharist. The body of Christ we eat at Mass should affect our lives such that we too become bread, broken and shared to our brothers and sisters in need. If all those taking communion become like this, society would be at its best, for God will surely do the rest!– (Atty.) Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., DM. Email:dan.delosangeles@gmail.com.
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