14 February 2012, Tuesday
Gospel: Mk 8:14-21
The Yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod
The disciples had forgotten to take any food and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. Then he gave them this warning, ‘Keep your eyes open; be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod’. And they said to one another, ‘It is because we have no bread’. And Jesus knew it, and he said to them, ‘Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you not yet understand? Have you no perception? Are your minds closed? Have you eyes that do not see, ears that do not hear? Or do you not remember? When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of scraps did you collect? They answered, ‘Twelve’. ‘And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many baskets full of scraps did you collect? And they answered, ‘Seven’. Then he said to them, ‘Are you still without perception?’
Reflection
Jesus worked miracles to provide for the people but His disciples had not made sense of them to allow what their eyes had seen to be internalized. They continued to fuss over the physical rather than the spiritual, failing to realise that Jesus always provides.
Jesus provides for our needs too but it requires us to let go of our control to allow Him to act in His time and ways. We cannot do this if we do not trust God. And we cannot trust Him if we do not know Him.
What do the blessings and miracles, big and small, that you have received and witnessed reveal to you about who Jesus is?
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