"Makakita Bala Kita Sang Kalan-on Nga Maka-igo Sa Tanan Sa Sini Nga Desierto ?"

Ebanghelyo subong nga Adlaw (Marcos 8:1-10)

Sa wala lang madugay, nagtipon liwat ang madamo nga mga tawo. Sang wala na sila sing nabilin nga kalan-on, gintawag ni Jesus ang iya mga gintuton-an kag nagsiling sa ila, "Naluoy ako sa sini nga mga tawo, kay tatlo na ini ka adlaw ang ila pag-upod sa akon kag karon wala na sila sing kalan-on.

Kon papaulion ko sila nga wala makakaon basi malipong sila sa dalanon kay malayo ang ginhalinan sang iban sa ila."

Ang iya mga gintuton-an nagpamangkot sa iya, "Diin bala kita sa sini nga desierto makakita sang kalan-on nga maka-igo sa sini tanan nga mga tawo?"

Nagpamangkot si Jesus, "Pila pa ka bilog ang inyo tinapay?" Nagsabat sila, "Pito."

Ginsugo niya ang mga tawo nga maglingkod sa duta. Dayon ginkuha niya ang pito ka bilog nga tinapay, nagpasalamat sia sa Dios, ginpamihak-pihak niya ini kag ginhatag sa iya mga gintuton-an agod ipanagtag nila sa mga tawo, kag ginpanagtag ini sang mga gintuton-an.

May pila man sila ka bilog nga magagmay nga isda. Nagpasalamat si Jesus tungod sini kag iya ginsugo ang iya mga gintuton-an nga ipanagtag man ini.

Ang tanan nagkalaon kag nagkalabusog, kag ang kadamuon sang mga tawo mga 4,000.

Sa tapos sini ang mga nabilin gintipon sang mga gintuton-an kag napuno ang pito ka alat. Ginapapauli ni Jesus ang mga tawo kag sa gilayon nagsakay siya sa isa ka sakayan upod ang iya mga gintuton-an kag nagkadto sila sa distrito sang Dalmanuta.

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Meditation:

Can anything on earth truly satisfy the hunger we experience for God? The enormous crowd that pressed upon Jesus for three days were hungry for something more than physical food. They hung upon Jesus’ words because they were hungry for God. When the disciples were confronted by Jesus with the task of feeding four thousand people many miles away from any source of food, they exclaimed: Where in this remote place can anyone get enough bread to feed them? The Israelites were confronted with the same dilemma when they fled Egypt and found themselves in a barren wilderness. Like the miraculous provision of manna in the wilderness, Jesus, himself provides bread in abundance for the hungry crowd who came out into the desert to seek him. The gospel records that all were satisfied and they took up what was leftover. When God gives he gives abundantly – more than we deserve and more than we need so that we may have something to share with others as well. The Lord Jesus nourishes and sustains us with his life-giving word and with his heavenly bread.

The sign of the multiplication of the loaves, when the Lord says the blessing, breaks and distributes through his disciples, prefigures the superabundance of the unique bread of his Eucharist or Lord’s Supper. When we receive from the Lord’s table we unite ourselves to Jesus Christ, who makes us sharers in his body and blood. Ignatius of Antioch (35-107 A.D.) calls it the "one bread that provides the medicine of immortality, the antidote for death, and the food that makes us live for ever in Jesus Christ" (Ad Eph. 20,2). This supernatural food is healing for both body and soul and strength for our journey heavenward. When you approach the Table of the Lord, what do you expect to receive? Healing, pardon, comfort, and refreshment for your soul? The Lord has much more for us, more than we can ask or imagine. The principal fruit of receiving from the Lord's Table is an intimate union with Christ himself. As bodily nourishment restores lost strength, so the Eucharist strengthens us in charity and enables us to break with disordered attachments to creatures and to be more firmly rooted in the love of Christ. Do you hunger for Jesus, the true "bread of life"?

"Lord Jesus, you alone can satisfy the hunger in our lives. Fill me with greatful joy and eager longing for the true heavenly bread which gives health, strength, and wholeness to body and soul alike.”