Where Am I?

 

5th Week Saturday of Ordinary Time

Year One

Gen 3:9-24

Meditation

Where Am I?

God visited the disobedient parents and asked them, "Where are you?" The question meant a lot to the person who was asked. Where do we live? It could mean the place where we stay, our situation in life, our spiritual condition, our achievements and failures, or the state of our person and life. The first parents were hiding for the sins they committed.

What is our answer to the question Where are You?

Year Two

1 Kings 12:26-32; 13:33-34

Jeroboam got into an evil way of thinking about diverting people from going to the Jerusalem Temple. He built temples at Bethel and Dan for people, appointed priests, and offered sacrifices to calves that humans made. It was a sin on the part of Jeroboam. He deviated the people of God from God. One’s wrong thinking enters those in authority, which can cause immense harm to people and their faith. Instead of being faithful to God and leading people on the right path, King led them astray. It can happen to many people in authority that they are misled or follow an evil way to some simple advantages of life.

The only way to be safe from evil ways and wicked life is to be close to God and listen to God’s voice. Fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, devotion and a way to be on the right path. Let us make choices not for our good but for the good of God.  let people base themselves on the values of human life and faith in God. The way to return to God is to correct one’s mistakes and walk on the right path. Let us cast out evil and sin from our lives against God and others.

Are we aware that we could knowingly take the wrong path in life?

 Fr Putti Anthaiah Sdb

Gospel: Mk 8:1-10

His disciples replied, ‘How can one feed these people with bread here in the desert?’ He asked them, ‘How many loaves do you have?’ They said, ‘Seven.’ Then, he ordered the crowd to sit on the ground and took the seven loaves. After giving thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to distribute, and they distributed them to the crowd. They also had a few small fish, and after blessing them, he ordered them to be distributed. They ate, were filled, and took up the broken pieces left over seven full baskets (Mk 8:4-8).

Jesus worked the miracle of multiplying bread and fish, and the people ate and were satisfied. It is a great joy to satisfy hunger. We ask God for food, thank God for food, and consider those who feed us divine.

Jesus has fed the hungry; the spiritual hunger is equal to the physical hunger. Jesus has come to satisfy both physical and spiritual hunger. Let us become agents of satisfying people's physical and spiritual hunger.

Am I physically hungry or spiritually hungry?

Fr Putti Anthaiah Sdb

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