For 13 February 2010, Saturday of fifth week in ordinary time, based on Mark 8:1-10
(this preaching originally appeared on theWord on Saturday, 14 February 2009)
In those days when there was again a great crowd without anything to eat, Jesus called his disciples and said to them, “I have compassion for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat. If I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way—and some of them have come from a great distance.†His disciples replied, “How can one feed these people with bread here in the desert?†He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?†They said, “Seven.†Then he ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground; and he took the seven loaves, and after giving thanks he broke them and gave them to his disciples to distribute; and they distributed them to the crowd. They had also a few small fish; and after blessing them, he ordered that these too should be distributed. They ate and were filled; and they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full. Now there were about four thousand people. And he sent them away. And immediately he got into the boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
About Patricia Robinson, Lay Dominican
Patricia was the european representative on first International Council of Lay Dominicans. Mother of seven, widow
13 Feb 2010
The compassion of Jesus
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(this preaching originally appeared on theWord on Saturday, 14 February 2009)
In those days when there was again a great crowd without anything to eat, Jesus called his disciples and said to them, “I have compassion for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat. If I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way—and some of them have come from a great distance.†His disciples replied, “How can one feed these people with bread here in the desert?†He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?†They said, “Seven.†Then he ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground; and he took the seven loaves, and after giving thanks he broke them and gave them to his disciples to distribute; and they distributed them to the crowd. They had also a few small fish; and after blessing them, he ordered that these too should be distributed. They ate and were filled; and they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full. Now there were about four thousand people. And he sent them away. And immediately he got into the boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
About Patricia Robinson, Lay Dominican
Patricia was the european representative on first International Council of Lay Dominicans. Mother of seven, widow