The Proclamation of the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew
29] And when Jesus had passed away from thence, he came nigh the sea of Galilee. And going up into a mountain, he sat there. [30] And there came to him great multitudes, having with them the dumb, the blind, the lame, the maimed, and many others: and they cast them down at his feet, and he healed them:
[31] So that the multitudes marvelled seeing the dumb speak, the lame walk, and the blind see: and they glorified the God of Israel. [32] And Jesus called together his disciples, and said: I have compassion on the multitudes, because they continue with me now three days, and have not what to eat, and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. [33] And the disciples say unto him: Whence then should we have so many loaves in the desert, as to fill so great a multitude? [34]And Jesus said to them: How many loaves have you? But they said: Seven, and a few little fishes.[35] And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the ground.
[36] And taking the seven loaves and the fishes, and giving thanks, he brake, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the people. [37] And they did all eat, and had their fill. And they took up seven baskets full, of what remained of the fragments.
The Gospel of the LordPraise to you Lord Jesus Christ
MEDITATION: The Gospel and the first reading for today very
well compliments each other most perfectly. We can deduce in the Gospel that
the crowds who followed Him on the mountain and who desires to cure their sick
and was healed by Jesus Christ had undergone an inescapable hunger for staying
in the company of the Lord that can be likened to an inescapable fasting-like
hunger. We can also deduce here that there is a hidden revelation of the Holy
Eucharist and its indescribable greatness after the Resurrection of God took
place. The people “fasted” with Jesus Christ for three days and on its third
day He gave them bread and fish and all of them were satisfied. This is same
with the Holy Eucharist and Resurrection. Jesus Christ “fasted” for three days
and on the third day He, the bread and the fish Himself, was raised. Jesus
Christ knew that if He will let the people go or if He will send them on their
mission in hunger without sustenance and nourishment the Holy Eucharist gives,
they will fall on the temptations of Satan and his demons, the people will
collapse in sin, sickness, error, and death.
“Where could we ever get enough bread in this deserted place
to satisfy such a crowd?”, was a worrying and striking question of the
disciples to Jesus Christ’s unthinkable and kinda “stupid” statement where it
shows a very great revelation for us that this Gospel is a miracle and not like
the other way around where it was stupidly interpreted by modernists or
liberation theology supporters and their same feathers of the same birds who
all flocks together in heresy and error. This question of the disciples proves
the fact or truth that this is a miracle for how can the people share the bread
or fish they have if there is nowhere to get those? How can the people share
the bread or fish they have if in reality, they have none? For modernists and
liberation theology people this Gospel, they all believe, shows just the value
of sharing, generosity, brotherly love, or caring for one another. They do not
believe that this Gospel is nothing more than what they believe; therefore,
this Gospel has no miracle. Now, you can fully know how stupid are the
modernists and liberation theology people when it comes to misinterpreting the
Gospels, letting their selves live in heresy, error, sin, death, and damnation.
For them, the Gospel is just showing the value of sharing. How stupid they are!
The disciples had seven loaves of bread and a few fish. We
must all know that in Jewish numerology, seven means perfection or
completeness. So, if that is so, then, in this Gospel, we can deduce that the
Holy Eucharist and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead completes and
gives life to all the seven ritual Sacraments that we have in the Catholic
Church. In this Gospel, it shows that the Holy Eucharist is the source of life
of the seven Sacraments. And how great must we value the fragments of the Holy
Eucharist! Jesus Christ is the Alpha of the Holy Eucharist and He is also the
Omega, where the fragments of Him is also seven baskets full – again, the completeness,
richness, and greatness of the perfection of the Holy Eucharist that was made
perfect in the Resurrection of God and, together with the Holy Eucharist, they
perfected all the seven ritual Sacraments.
The Psalms (Psalm 25:6-10) for today gives a striking
revelation for us regarding the Gospel. On verses 6 to 8, we can deduce that
this refers to the Body of Christ and Christ Himself who died on the cross thus
destroying the veil of the Temple (Matthew 27:51) that symbolizes the sin that
“veils all peoples, the web that is woven over all nations; He will destroy
death forever (Psalm 25:7-8). This reveals that the 3 o’clock of His death on
the cross and on the third day when He was Resurrected is the Alpha and the
Omega of life, for in Christ’s death on the cross, we had life; and on the
Resurrection of Him from the dead completes that life of ours thus completing
and perfecting everything like what God did on the seven-day Creation of
everything; it completes and perfects also the seven Sacraments that give life
to all people here on earth, serving as our oxygen tanks here while we are
still on this earth and while we are all not in heaven yet.
And last but not the least, verses 9 to 10 of Psalm 25 may
be likened to the priest’s words while elevating the Body and Blood of Christ
before the Holy Communion. Here, we can deduce that the Holy Eucharist indeed
is the summit of the mountain and source of everything for everything sources
from it; for the “hand of the Lord” which is the Holy Spirit who lives in the
Church, sanctifies and gives life to everything that were included in the
Church, while Moab or the enemies of God will be trodden down in a mire-like
place called hell.
Every day when the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is offered,
everyday is Advent for in those moments, God arrives here on earth. Therefore,
know that when you attend the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, it is always Advent.
“Jesus, I trust in You” “O Mary conceived without sin, pray
for us who have recourse to thee”
Go and set the world on fire!
Mary H. Distributist
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