Good News Reflection
FOR NEXT SUNDAY: June 6, 2010
Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Cycle C
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Next Sunday's Readings:
Gen 14:18-20
Ps 110:1-4
1 Cor 11:23-26
Luke 9:11b-17
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"Love is like five loaves and two fish, always too little until you start giving it away." This is the message inscribed at a shrine near the northern end of the Sea of Galilee, built where Jesus multiplied a small amount of food to provide for the needs of everyone in the large crowd who had come to see him.
In front of the altar is a Byzantine mosaic of the loaves and fish, dating about 480 A.D. It's next to the rock upon which Jesus blessed the food. However, in the mosaic you can see only four loaves, not five. Why?
The fifth loaf is the bread of the Eucharist in which Jesus comes to us in Holy Communion at every Mass.
(You can view this shrine online in Good News Ministry's Virtual Pilgrimage at http://wordbytes.org/holyland/pilgrim049.htm.)
The Eucharist is more than the True Presence of Jesus. It's more than a communion with the Body of Christ that's become the whole Church community. It's a miracle of multiplication. Whatever we lack from God, it comes to us in Jesus through the Holy Spirit, and when we participate in the Eucharistic celebration of Mass, we can (and should!) ask Jesus to multiply our insufficiencies into an abundance.
We can trust that he will give us all that we need, at the perfect time in whatever way we're able to receive it, albeit often through a growth process.
Do you have enough love in your life? Most of us would say no, because there is no one – except God – who is capable of giving us all the love that we need. No one, regardless of how close to us they are, regardless of how loyal and trustworthy, regardless of how close to Christ they are.
The Eucharist is our earthly, direct connection to all the perfect love of God. The reason we don't always feel the fullness of that love is because we don't fully understand what it means to become united to the Eucharist. To receive the life-changing impact of the Eucharist fully, be the Eucharist fully. The Eucharist is love given in sacrifice for the sake of others. If you're not receiving enough love, give more love – be the love you want to receive. Be Eucharist for others.
Questions for Personal Reflection:
Is God's love sufficiently filling in the gaps where others don't love you enough? Take your needs to the Eucharist; ask the Holy Spirit to show you how to give more love instead of focusing on getting more, then ask Jesus to multiply the love that you give so that it's more than enough for your needs as well as the needs of others.
Questions for Family & Community Faith Sharing:
Describe an experience of love being multiplied. How does this prove: "Love is like five loaves and two fish, always too little until you start giving it away"?
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