A Perfect Resume

Gospel
Matthew 15:29-37

The crowds praised the God of Israel

Jesus reached the shores of the Sea of Galilee, and he went up into the hills. He sat there, and large crowds came to him bringing the lame, the crippled, the blind, the dumb and many others; these they put down at his feet, and he cured them. The crowds were astonished to see the dumb speaking, the cripples whole again, the lame walking and the blind with their sight, and they praised the God of Israel.

  But Jesus called his disciples to him and said, ‘I feel sorry for all these people; they have been with me for three days now and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them off hungry, they might collapse on the way.’ The disciples said to him, ‘Where could we get enough bread in this deserted place to feed such a crowd?’ Jesus said to them, ‘How many loaves have you?’ ‘Seven’ they said ‘and a few small fish.’ Then he instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves and the fish, and he gave thanks and broke them and handed them to the disciples, who gave them to the crowds. They all ate as much as they wanted, and they collected what was left of the scraps, seven baskets full.

Read the Gospel very carefully today.  Matthew is giving us the resume of Jesus and telling us why He and no other is the one that the people have been waiting for.

• The Blind See 
• The Deaf Hear 
• The Dumb Speak
• The Hungry Eat 
• There is an Infinite Abundance (there were seven baskets left over - that is not a coincidence. 

Can it be any clearer what Matthew is announcing to you?  Believe in Jesus and He will help you see Him in the Eucharist, you will hear and learn the Word of God, you will speak to others and feed them so that they can be amazed by the love God has for us and when all is said and done, there will be more left over, more than you could ever hope for.  Want, sorrow, pain, and death will be no more as we live, love, and learn next to the Savior of the world. 

Here is an Advent Song to aid your reflections today.