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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

The broken pieces feed many


In one of the miracles recounted in Matthew's Gospel (Matthew 15:29-37), the feeding of the multitide, Jesus takes the seven loaves of bread, blesses and breaks them, then distributes them to satiate the hungry crowd.
We have something to learn from this. Whoever shared the bread could have kept them for himself/herself/themselves, but he/she/they decided to share. And so the multitude was fed. I do not need to consume a whole loaf to satiate my hunger.
We live in a world where a lot of us have gone beyond mere selfishness. We have become greedy, avaricious. We want to amass more for ourselves or for a very restricted circle called friends, family, tribe or country. And the sad thing is, at the end of the day we don't really enjoy anything because we lust for more. It is like stuffing your mouth with food that you feel like vomitting.
It's time to really be happy living with the essentials.

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