DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage
Dear Friend in the Lord,
“Our Gifts to God” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus was able to perform a miracle to feed some five thousand men; from the gift of a small boy’s five loaves and two fish. Ponder on, “Are we willing to offer our gifts to Jesus, generously and humbly? If we focus on what Jesus can do with our gifts to Him, and not on what we are “losing” when we share our gifts, we will become more generous sharers.”
Fr Philip Heng, S.J.
John 6:5-13
Looking up, Jesus saw the crowds approaching and said to Philip, ‘Where can we buy some bread for these people to eat?’ He said this only to put Philip to the test; he himself knew exactly what he was going to do. Philip answered, ‘Two hundred denarii would not buy enough to give them a little piece each.’
One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said, ‘Here is a small boy with five barley loaves and two fish; but what is that among so many?’ Jesus said to them, ‘Make the people sit down.’ There was plenty of grass there, and as many as five thousand men sat down. Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were sitting there; he then did the same with the fish, distributing as much as they wanted.
When they had eaten enough he said to the disciples, ‘Pick up the pieces left over, so that nothing is wasted.’ So they picked them up and filled twelve large baskets with scraps left over from the meal of five barley loaves.