Saturday, February
16th
Mark
8:1-9
There is food enough in the world,
or potentially within man's grasp,
for each and every one of the Father's
beloved children. And it is the
loving purpose of the Heavenly Father
that all His children should be
adequately fed. Great resources
has He made available to the sons
of men, and they are put to nefarious
ends.
Man's greed and hate must end if
the world is to survive and selfishness
must give way to open-handed living.
All that man has is given by the
Father - sunshine and harvest, rain,
wind and life-giving power, love,
joy, contentment - all are gifts
from above to be used and shared
by His children. And He will increase
and multiply all that is received
in His Name and offered to His service.
As with the bread and the fish,
so with each gift and endowment
to individual, community and nation.
And the dynamic is My Presence
in word and sacrament. As I am present
in substance in all that is good
and lovely, so am I to be found
in essence in that which I have
commanded and made holy.