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- Subject: Bread, One Body", Jan 5
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- Tuesday, January 5, 1993
- Saint John Neumann
-
- I John 4:7-10 Psalm 72 Mark 6:34-44
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- MULTIPLIED MULTIPLICATIONS
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- "Then, taking the five loaves and the two fish, Jesus raised His eyes to
- heaven, pronounced a blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to the
- disciples to distribute." --Mark 6:41
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- Why did the Church select today's Gospel reading? What does the multiplication
- of the loaves and fish have to do with the Christmas season? The point may
- be that we can have a few gifts for Christmas, or we can have a miracle, the
- multiplication of gifts. The Lord is willing to multiply our resources to feed
- the masses both physically and spiritually. Jesus has the same compassion and
- power today as He had yesterday (see Heb 13:8), but we must do what the little
- boy in today's Gospel did. We must give all to Jesus. We may have received a
- little money or a few presents this Christmas. If we give them all to Jesus
- in some way, we can be part of a Christmas multiplication-miracle. Then we
- can take these multiplied resources and give them all to Jesus again. This
- will result in a second multiplication miracle. If we keep giving our "alls"
- as our "alls' keep multiplying, by the end of this year we will receive more
- than we can ever ask or imagine (Eph 3:20).
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- Give all and keep giving your multiplied "alls" to the Lord. You will not be
- disappointed.
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- Prayer: Father, I can't out-give You, but I can try. Multiply this Christmas.
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- Promise: "Love, then, consists of this: not that we have loved God but that He
- has loved us and has sent His Son as an Offering for our sins."
- --Jn 4:10
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- Praise: John Neumann was one of the founders of the Catholic school system
- in the USA.
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- From "One Bread, One Body", reproduced with permission.
- Nihil Obstat: Rev. Edward J. Gratsch
- Imprimatur: +Most Rev. James H. Garland, V.G.
- Archdiocese of Cincinnati, August 17, 1992.
-