Gospel: Mark 6:34-44
As Jesus went ashore, he saw a large crowd, and he had compassion on them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things. It was now getting late, so his disciples came to him and said, “This is a lonely place and it is now late. You should send the people away, and let them go to the farms and villages around here, to buy themselves something to eat.”

Jesus replied, “You, yourselves, give them something to eat.” They answered, “If we are to feed them, we need two hundred silver coins to go and buy enough bread.” But Jesus said, “You have some loaves; how many? Go and see.” The disciples found out and said, “There are five loaves and two fish. Then he told them to have the people sit down, toge­ther in groups, on the green grass. This they did, in groups of hundreds and fifties. And Jesus took the five loaves and the two fish and, raising his eyes to heaven, he pronounced a blessing, broke the loaves,
and handed them to his disciples to distribute to the people. He also divided the two fish among them. They all ate and every­one had enough. The disciples gathered up what was left, and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces of bread and fish. Five thousand men had eaten there.

REFLECTION:
Indifference isolates us from our family, community, and society while empathy makes us feel with our family, community, and society and leads us to cons­tructive acts for the well-being of others. Indifference ­creates a gap while sha­ring builds bridges. “No one is too rich so as not to need anything and no one is too poor so as not to be able to share” (PCP II). After the super typhoon Yolanda, it was heartwarming to see so many individuals, families, and various groups and organizations wor­king with the government agencies
to alleviate the conditions of the typhoons victims. We are aware, however, that even du­ring normal conditions there are so many people around us who are living in dire need of economic, psychological, and spiritual assistance. We are invi­ted to reach out to our suffering brothers and sisters at all times.

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