What is the love I have for you my sister? My brother? My friend? My enemy? A stranger? Is it an emotion that easily dies? Is it one that needs to be rekindled over and over? Is it superficial? Is it one of tolerance? Is it one of fear? Is it one that seeks recompense?
I know not love till I have the love of God in me. The love of my saviour who died for me. His mercy and love outpoured into me, my heart is ever growing in capacity.
A love which gathers all unto Himself. My brethren and I, one in Him as He is in us. The Father looks forth at His Son, the Son looks back at His Father; the love exchange between them, the Holy Spirit. Three yet One and one with three.
Our God seeks to dwell in you and me. Amen
First reading
1 John 4:7-10
My dear people,
let us love one another
since love comes from God
and everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God.
Anyone who fails to love can never have known God,
because God is love.
God’s love for us was revealed
when God sent into the world his only Son
so that we could have life through him;
this is the love I mean:
not our love for God,
but God’s love for us when he sent his Son
to be the sacrifice that takes our sins away.
Gospel
Mark 6:34-44
As Jesus stepped ashore he saw a large crowd; and he took pity on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he set himself to teach them at some length. By now it was getting very late, and his disciples came up to him and said, ‘This is a lonely place and it is getting very late, So send them away, and they can go to the farms and villages round about, to buy themselves something to eat.’ He replied, ‘Give them something to eat yourselves.’ They answered, ‘Are we to go and spend two hundred denarii on bread for them to eat?’ How many loaves have you?’ he asked ‘Go and see.’ And when they had found out they said, ‘Five, and two fish.’ Then he ordered them to get all the people together in groups on the green grass, and they sat down on the ground in squares of hundreds and fifties. Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, raised his eyes to heaven and said the blessing; then he broke the loaves and handed them to his disciples to distribute among the people. He also shared out the two fish among them all. They all ate as much as they wanted. They collected twelve basketfuls of scraps of bread and pieces of fish. Those who had eaten the loaves numbered five thousand men.
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