Gospel
text (Mc 8,14-21):
The disciples had forgotten to bring more bread and had only one loaf with them
in the boat. Then Jesus warned them, «Keep your eyes open and beware of the
yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod». And they said to one another,
«He saw that we have no bread». Aware of this, Jesus asked them, «Why are you
talking about the loaves you are short of? Do you not see or understand? Are
your minds closed? Have you eyes that don't see and ears that don't hear? And
do you not remember when I broke the five loaves among five thousand? How many
baskets full of leftovers did you collect?». They answered, «Twelve». «And
having seven loaves for the four thousand, how many wicker baskets of leftovers
did you collect?». They answered, «Seven». Then Jesus said to them, «Do you
still not understand?».
Our God is all love and truth, who asks from us humility and forgiveness. Our God is the only living God. He has the word of eternal life. Observing the process of the current protests in the Middle East and many other places in the world by the so called followers of Islam, presumably outraged because they do not like what is being presented in a film about their prophet; it is interesting to distinguish that factual truth, about what is missing in the whole staging of these protests and it is precisely, truth, love, humility and forgiveness and it is not precisely from the ignorant mobs perpetrating the assaults under the direction of their evil leaders, but from the ones supposedly protecting the basic and fundamental freedoms we all in the western civilization which is founded in Christianity, have for granted.
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