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Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus multiplies the loaves and the fishes. There is no better exemplification in the Scriptures of what I have called the loop of grace. God offers, as a sheer grace, the gift of being, but if we try to cling to that gift and make it our own, we lose it.

The constant command of the Bible is this: what you have received as a gift, give as a gift—and you will find the original gift multiplied and enhanced. One realizes this truth when one enters willingly into the loop of grace, giving away that which one is receiving.

The hungry people who gather around Jesus in this scene are symbolic of the hungry human race, starving, from the time of Adam and Eve, for what will satisfy. We have tried to fill up the emptiness with wealth, pleasure, power, honor, the sheer love of domination—but none of it works, precisely because we have all been wired for God and God is nothing but love.

Gospel Reflections

Meditate on Daily Gospel Reflections from Bishop Robert Barron

1st week of Advent

Wednesday

December 6

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Tuesday

December 5

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Monday

December 4

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Sunday

December 3

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34th week of Ordinary Time

Saturday

December 2

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Friday

December 1

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Thursday

November 30

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Wednesday

November 29

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Tuesday

November 28

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Monday

November 27

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Sunday

November 26

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33rd week of Ordinary Time

Saturday

November 25

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Friday

November 24

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Thursday

November 23

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Wednesday

November 22

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Tuesday

November 21

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Monday

November 20

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Sunday

November 19

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32nd week of Ordinary Time

Saturday

November 18

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Friday

November 17

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Thursday

November 16

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Wednesday

November 15

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Tuesday

November 14

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Monday

November 13

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Sunday

November 12

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31st week of Ordinary Time

Saturday

November 11

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Thursday

November 9

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Thursday

November 9

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Wednesday

November 8

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Tuesday

November 7

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Monday

November 6

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Sunday

November 5

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30th week of Ordinary Time

Saturday

November 4

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Thursday

November 2

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Thursday

November 2

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Wednesday

November 1

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Tuesday

October 31

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Monday

October 30

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Sunday

October 29

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29th week of Ordinary Time

Saturday

October 28

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Friday

October 27

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Thursday

October 26

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Wednesday

October 25

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Tuesday

October 24

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Monday

October 23

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Sunday

October 22

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28th week of Ordinary Time

Saturday

October 21

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Friday

October 20

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