Title: Meditation: Sunday, August 4, 2002
The Catholic Calendar for Sunday, August 4, 2002
The Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word:
Isaiah 55:1-3
Psalm 145:8-9,15-18
Romans 8:35,37-39
Matthew 14:13-21
A reflection on today's Scripture:
When we hear about one of Jesus' miracles, we often learn that it is
more than "just" another miracle. There is a lesson to be learned. We
often learn of the interplay, the interconnectedness back to the
prophetic Old Testament; sometimes that connection is overshadowed by
the stunning action of the miracle. Such an instance is today's
well-known story of the loaves and fishes. But wait, listen also to
Isaiah: "All you who are thirsty, come to the water...." and also in
Psalm 145: "You open your hand and satisfy the desire of every living
thing...." What do we draw from these scriptures?
I think that all too often we fret about tomorrow, never quite placing
all our trust in God's Providence. Paul says today, "Who will separate
us from the love of Christ?" Surely not "trial, distress, persecution,
hunger, nakedness, danger or the sword." If not these "calamities", then
what can separate us? Simply put, it's the clever lure of the world, the
flesh and the devil that can separate us from the love of the Lord.
Today's scriptures should be our inspiration to grow in faith, to trust
in our provident God. Let us spend some time today and carefully read
again the inspired words of God and learn from Him the love that He has
for us. If we will have a child-like faith, there is nothing this world
can do to separate us from the love of God.
- Joachim, ocds
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