3.6.2015 Friday of Lent 2 Mark 8:1-21 Jesus feeds 4,000 and the yeast
of the Pharisees
Jesus feeds 4,000
Jesus’ compassion moves Him to feed
another hungry crowd by means of a second miraculous multiplication of bread.
When Jesus confronts the disciples with feeding the crowds for a second time,
they again fail to see His power provides the way forward. How slowly we
sometimes responds in faith! Yet how graciously Jesus continues to provide both
with His Word of forgiveness and with daily bread. He fully satisfies our
bodies and souls.[2]
A review of the Catechism will help us
recall and remember that God our heavenly Father supplies us with all that we
need every single day.
Concerning the First Article of the
Apostles’ Creed. “I believe that God has
made me and all creatures; that He has given me my body and souls, eyes, ears,
and all my limbs, my reason and all my senses, and still preserves them; in
addition thereto, clothing and shoes, meat and drink, house and homestead wife
and children, fields, cattle, and all my goods; that He provides me richly and
daily with all that I need to support this body and life, protects me from all
danger, and guards me and preserves me from all evil; and all this out of pure,
fatherly, divine goodness and mercy, without any merit or worthiness in me; for
all which I owe it to Him to thank, praise, serve, and obey Him. This is most
certainly true.”
From the Fourth Petition of the Lord’s
Prayer – “Give us this day our daily bread.”
What does this mean? Answer: God gives daily bread, even without our
prayer, to all wicked men; but we pray in this petition that He would lead us
to know itr, and to receive our daily bread with thanksgiving.
What
is meant by daily bread? Answer: Everything
that belongs to the support and wants of the body, such as meat, drink,
clothing, shoes, house, homestead, field, cattle, money, goods, a pious spouse,
pious children, pious servants, pious and faithful magistrates, good
government, good weather, peace, health. Discipline, honor, good friends,
faithful neighbors, and the like.
Grant, O Lord, that as
your Son Jesus Christ prayed for His enemies on the cross, so we may have grace
to forgive those who wrongfully or scornfully use us, that we ourselves may be
able to receive your forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.[3]
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