St. John speaks simply and directly about his favorite subject, LOVE, in today's first reading: 1 Jn 4:7-10. "Beloved, let us love one another because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by
God and knows God." (1 Jn 4:7). The gospel for today, Mk 6:34-44, recounts the feeding of the 5,000, astonishing in itself: 5 loaves and two fish feeding 5,000 men, not counting women and children, with 12 baskets of fragments left over. In his introduction to the miracle, Mark calls attention to the compassionate, tenderhearted Jesus, whose heart was moved to pity for the people who were "like sheep without a shepherd" and who needed to hear his message. So he taught them until nearly dark; then, aware of the time and their hunger, he asked the apostles how they could feed them. Not letting the objections of the apostle discourage him, he went ahead with this simple, yet spectacular banquet on the green grass. Yes, love in action means feeding the hungry, having compassion on those who are lost, spending time listening, encouraging, just being with people who might be depressed, elderly or recovering from illness or surgery. It is giving whatever we have, even Saturdays or Sunday afternoon, to "feed others." "Let us love one another because love is of God.
Bro,. Rene
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