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Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)
Gospel text
Mt 14,13-21
Mt 14,13-21
The disciples approached him and said, “This is a deserted place and it is already late; dismiss the crowds so that they can go to the villages and buy food for themselves.”
Gospel's Commentary
Today we see ourselves reflected in the disciples’ reaction: how easily we “send people away”! Jesus, however, shows a different mindset, a different way of acting: even when He is resting, if He sees souls in need, He gets out of the boat and attends to them both spiritually and materially—whatever is needed!
—Whenever we “send someone away” because it is late, because… we are “sending away” God Himself. How many reasons we have given Him to grow tired of us! And yet…