St. Anthony Church – Weiner issued the following announcement on Jan. 4.
DAILY GOSPEL READING
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/010422.cfm
DAILY GOSPEL REFLECTIONS BY BISHOP BARRON
Friends, today’s Gospel shows Jesus’ compassion for the multitude in the desert. “When Jesus saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.”
There is the motif of the people Israel in the desert after their escape from Egypt. Isolated, alone, afraid, without food, they clamored for something from Moses. Here we see people who are dying to be fed, and a prophet who is under threat of death. This crowd around the threatened Jesus is a metaphor for the Church. We have come to him because we are hungry, and we stay even when things look bleak.
Original source can be found here.
Source: St. Anthony Church – Weiner
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