John 6:1-15
Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee. A large crowd followed him, because they saw the signs he was performing on the sick. Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. The Jewish feast of Passover was near. When Jesus raised his eyes and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, he said to Philip, "Where can we buy enough food for them to eat?" He said this to test him, because he himself knew what he was going to do. Philip answered him, "Two hundred days' wages worth of food would not be enough for each of them to have a little." One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to him, "There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what good are these for so many?" Jesus said, "Have the people recline." Now there was a great deal of grass in that place. So the men reclined, about five thousand in number. Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were reclining, and also as much of the fish as they wanted. When they had had their fill, he said to his disciples, "Gather the fragments left over, so that nothing will be wasted." So they collected them, and filled twelve wicker baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves that had been more than they could eat. When the people saw the sign he had done, they said, "This is truly the Prophet, the one who is to come into the world." Since Jesus knew that they were going to come and carry him off to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain alone.
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention is in thanksgiving for God's goodness.
Being a man, I was so stuck on the food portion of today's reading that I glossed over the last part of the reading on how they were going to make Him King.
I found it really interesting. It wasn't Christ's time yet, so He withdrew. It made me think of a few things. One was how sometimes the greatest way to love is to place your passions under reason. The second is how we may experience many great "spiritual affirmations" but it doesn't mean that we're in heaven yet. We're still going to struggle until the day we are called to be with Our Lord.
It's amazing how one sentence in the scriptures can change your whole outlook on a reading. This is amazing and reminds me that the scriptures are the living, breathing Word of God that can continue to transform our hearts if we're willing to be fertile soil. Take care and God Bless.
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