MEMORIAL OF STS CYRIL AND METHODIUS,SATURDAY OF THE FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, FEBRUARY 14, 2026
- Olivia M. Bannan
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Gospel
In those days when there again was a great crowd without anything to eat, Jesus summoned the disciples and said, “My heart is moved with pity for the crowd,because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat. If I send them away hungry to their homes, they will collapse on the way, and some of them have come a great distance.” His disciples answered him, “Where can anyone get enough bread to satisfy them here in this deserted place?” Still he asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They replied, “Seven.” He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then, taking the seven loaves he gave thanks, broke them, and gave them to his disciples to distribute, and they distributed them to the crowd. They also had a few fish. He said the blessing over them and ordered them distributed also. They ate and were satisfied. They picked up the fragments left over–seven baskets .There were about four thousand people. He dismissed the crowd and got into the boat with his disciples and came to the region of Dalmanutha.
REFLECTION
“My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat.”
There are so many books written on love. You know it is Valentine’s Day when at work flowers, candy, cards are delivered and there is the grand gesture of going out to an expensive dinner topped off with jewelry.
The outward expressions of love are encouraged by TV ads, romantic movies, internet and romantic novels or novellas.
But the best book on love is the Bible, especially the Passion of Christ. In today’s Gospel Jesus shows us love in His attentiveness, to another’s hunger —food, healing, ,needs, forgiveness and hope.
Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis is an excellent book about God’s love.
The Passion of Jesus Christ by St Alphonsus de Liguori is another great book to meditate on "the power of the passion of Christ to enkindle the divine love in every heart".
God Bless You
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