They have been with me now for three days 

February 10, 2018 6:00 am

“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.” (MK 8: 2-3)

I can imagine a three day retreat with Jesus. They were listening to Him, and only this was important. But Our Lord takes care of everything: “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.” Our Lord protects our souls and our bodies. He knows perfectly that we are body and soul. St. John Paul II reminded us: “As an incarnate spirit, that is a soul which expresses itself in a body and a body informed by an immortal spirit, man is called to love in his unified totality. Love includes the human body, and the body is made a sharer in spiritual love.” (FC, 11) 

“One does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.” (Gospel Acclamation) 

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