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Theo Tigno•
2/14/2012 12:14 pm
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Tuesday, February 14th 2012 |
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?"
Dawg's Thought:
Today's prayer intention - for those who are suffering with cancer.
Why worry about food knowing that God provides? If there is anything that we should be worried about, it should be sin ...
"Put on the armor of God so that you may be able to stand firm against the tactics of the devil. For our struggle is not with flesh and blood but with the principalities, with the powers, with the world rulers of this present darkness, with the evil spirits in the heavens. Therefore, put on the armor of God, that you may be able to resist on the evil day and, having done everything, to hold your ground. So stand fast with your loins girded in truth, clothed with righteousness as a breastplate, and your feet shod in readiness for the gospel of peace. In all circumstances, hold faith as a shield, to quench all [the] flaming arrows of the evil one. And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God." - Ephesians 6: 11-17
The disciples were focused on their own poverty. A man who can only see how he has nothing is a man who feels vulnerable. It is tough to stand firm when you do not have the confidence in Our Lord that St. Paul reminds us of.
I can imagine that if someone can trust in God in their poverty that Our Lord is providing, then they can equally have confidence in God's providence when it comes to the snares of the evil one.
Let us have confidence in Our Lord, knowing that He provides for us in our weakness and our poverty. Take care and God Bless.
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