Let us stand guard against temptations for the source of all of it comes from evil, the devil striving to separate us from all that is good, all that is love, God our loving Father.
Giving in to just a small temptation gives rise to bigger ones and soon our sins grow heavy and chokes the life out of us.
Let us instead choose Christ our Lord and remain steadfast in His love. All we will ever want or need comes from Him. He is the Living Water which flows abundantly for us. That we may bear first fruits pleasing to our heavenly Father as we are nourishment for our brethren. Praise be our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen
FIRST READING
James 1:12–18
GOSPEL
Mark 8:14–21
The disciples had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. Jesus enjoined them, “Watch out, guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” They concluded among themselves that it was because they had no bread. When he became aware of this he said to them, “Why do you conclude that it is because you have no bread? Do you not yet understand or comprehend? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes and not see, ears and not hear? And do you not remember, when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many wicker baskets full of fragments you picked up?” They answered him, “Twelve.” “When I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many full baskets of fragments did you pick up?” They answered him, “Seven.” He said to them, “Do you still not understand?”
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