The gospel reading for traditional Catholic Mass, today, the sixth Sunday after Pentecost, is from Mark’s Gospel, chapter 8:

At that time there was a great crowd, and they had nothing to eat. Calling his disciples together, Jesus said to them: ‘I have compassion on these people. 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 faint on the way; for some of them came from a great distance.’ His disciples answered him: ‘Where can anyone get enough bread to satisfy them here in this deserted place?’ He asked them: ‘How many loaves do you have?’ They said: ‘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 hand out, and they distributed them to the crowd. And they had a few little fishes; and he blessed them, and commanded them to be distributed also. And they all ate and were satisfied. They picked up the scraps that remained — seven baskets-full. The number of people who had eaten was about four thousand.

Then he sent them away.

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We are more fortunate that that crowd. Jesus offers to us — any who are willing – to enter into us sacramentally, and reside within us lifelong, if we receive him regularly in the Eucharist.

Jesus wants that. He wants what is best for us.

Do we think we know better than he what is best for us?

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We look around the world and see so much that needs to be changed: greed, laziness, political back-stabbings, unfaithfulness to vows etc.

No  need to look far. Look in the mirror next time you brush your hair.

There’s a case needing changes, urgently.

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Do you have any besetting and re-occurring sins in your life that you’ve given up on trying to quit?

God is almighty. He can change us. The only thing stopping him is that we are frauds.

We don’t feel like paying the price of saying No to our passions and instincts.

But if we really love God we can succeed.