Read: John 6:1-13
John 6:9 (NIV)
Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?
I manage a guesthouse in a seaside village in South Africa. There God has given me wonderful opportunities to encourage and witness to people from all walks of life and from all over the world. Sometimes I am able only to show warmth, and kindness, or to speak an occasional word of understanding. However, people thank me as if I had given them a wonderful treasure. I used to be amazed and puzzled because I felt I had done so little.
Then the Holy Spirit opened my eyes. I realized that the Spirit magnifies each little kindness so that people receive the bounty of the Lord Jesus Christ, which is enormous. Seeing the look on the faces of my guests, I know that God is good and powerful.
As the little boy's offering of bread and fish fed five thousand, so God takes whatever we offer from the heart and uses it to feed many. Let us always offer even what seems small to us, for in so doing we show trust in our great and limitless God.
Elaine Richardson
Western Cape,
South Africa
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Prayer for Priests
God, our Father, please send us holy priests, all for the sacred and eucharistic heart of Jesus, all for the sorrowful and immaculate heart of Mary, in union with saint Joseph. Amen.
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