02/08/2021

At first I  thought that Moses was addressing the Lord as a father is addressed by a supplicant child, But no- he is a favoured servant; one who knows that the boss is willing to be, just a bit, bullied into doing what he was certain to do all along. This relationship between God and the Sons of Israel is that of the eternal God touching his creation and showing that he has not just wound up his clockwork universe and let it go on its own. We are the product of Love; we are free to move as we wish but God is always aware of us ( that is why we continue to be) and continues to reveal his purpose to us. But we have to respond. 

Jesus, who is God's eternal presence now with us but is also truly man, had a human reaction to the news of his cousin's death and preferred to be alone. But the peoples' joy at being with such a striking figure ( possibly a new prophet) was not to be denied and they followed along the shoreline and cornered him. He had pity on them and repeated the Father's care for his chosen people. He fed them not with quail and manna but with an everlasting 5 loaves and 2 fish and in so doing gave a hint of his whole purpose of being there with them as he is with us now in the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar.

Dear Lord forgive me my sins and let me not put off going to confession and so return to your sacraments which you create with so much suffering.