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Tuesday after Epiphany
St. Luke’s Institute
January 8, 2013
THE
SITUATION
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It was already late in the afternoon and his disciples
approached Jesus and say, “This is a deserted place and it is already very
late. Dismiss them so that they can go to the surrounding farms and villages
and buy themselves something to eat.”
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His simple surprising response? “Give them some food yourselves”
Ø Oh, yea!
THE CHALLENGE
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Ø Confronting Jesus with the problem of feeding 5,000 starving
followers, the disciples are challenged by Jesus to do what they can, no matter
how small or limited
Ø But a few loaves are all that they can come up with – yet,
even with that, Jesus works wonders – literally!
THE SUPPORT ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ø Jesus challenges and supports us in the same way
Ø If you want something good to happen, do whatever you can
Ø Yes, whatever you can, no matter how insignificant it may
seem, no matter how small or ineffective you feel your contribution is
Ø All that is necessary is to be willing to do all that you
can and give all that you have
Ø Jesus’ promise is in some way to make it all work in the end
THE
SACRAMENTS ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ø We claim to believe in the power of sacraments
Ø I’d suggest that there are the 7 “capital S” sacraments
Ø But there are also small “s” sacraments: the many ways in
which God makes us aware of his love in our midst
Ø All it takes is a few crusts of bread and smelly pieces of
fish – and being ready to use them!
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