Friday of the 2nd Week of Easter: Reflection by Rev Fr Julian O Ekeh
Theme: MAY GOD SATISFY YOU
(John 6:1–15)
We’ve got a God who thinks about us. In Jesus Christ we see a Saviour who cares about what is lacking in us and wants to fill us with our needs. He knows what we feel even before we express it.
In the Gospel of today, He saw the multitude coming to Him and immediately thought of how to feed them. He makes the plans. He wants each and everyone of us to have that readily hospitable spirit and outreaching mentality. He got His disciples involved to start thinking along the same direction with Him. They showed how impossible it is to get even a little for these people. But Jesus manifested how possible it is to feed them all and still gather enough remnant after.
What is the desire of your heart, Child of God? Come to Jesus with them. Carry them to Jesus in prayers. Men may think it is impossible. Before God, nothing is impossible. Let us learn to go to Jesus, let us learn to assist one another for God’s sake. Let us feel people’s hunger for knowledge, for peace, for love, for justice, for employment, for deliverance, for healing, for forgiveness for XYZ.
The Lord satisfies us in the Holy Eucharist, in the Scriptures, through our personal relationship with Him and one another. May God grant those unspoken words of your heart and give you the grace to come to the aid of people even when they don’t ask.
LET US PRAY
Heavenly Father, thank You for the love with which You nourish and satisfy us in Christ Your Beloved Son. Grant our innermost heart desires. Help us to help each other in our own various capacities. Bless Your word in our hearts through Christ our Lord. Amen.
God bless your Friday (Easter, Week 2)
Rev Fr Julian O Ekeh