IT IS ABOUT THE BROKEN
Jesus fed 5,000=
With five loaves of bread=
And 4,000 with seven loaves
Of bread
But the disciples STILL seemed
To be WORRYING
About the amount of bread
But Jesus REMINDS them today=
It is NOT about the bread
It is about the BROKEN
It is about NOTICING what
Has been discarded=left over=
And deemed LESS THAN RELEVANT
“Do you NOT REMEMBER.......how many
Wicker baskets
FULL of fragments
You picked up?” Mark 8:18-19
Yes=Jesus reminds the disciples
Of TWO OCCASIONS
How he commanded then
To GATHER up
The crumbs
There were once
Twelve baskets full
And once seven
IT IS ABOUT
THE BROKEN
Yes=it is about=
THE BROKEN=those people
In this world
That the world discards
They are relevant=
They are IMPORTANT to God=
ALL people are important to God
“Woe to you-
Teachers of the law
And Pharisees=you HYPOCRITES!
You give a tenth
Of your spices=mint-
Dill-and cumin
But you have NEGLECTED
The MORE IMPORTANT matters
Of the law=
Justice-mercy-and faithfulness” Matthew 23:23
“But what does it matter?
The IMPORTANT THING
Is that
In every way
Whether from false motives
Or true
CHRIST is preached
And because of this=
I REJOICE” Philippians 1:18
Yes=all people are
LOVED by God=
All people
Are IMPORTANT to God
What a world this
Would be=if every member
Of this world
Were VALUED by society
“When he found one
Of GREAT VALUE
He went away
And sold everything
He had
And bought it” Matthew 17:46
Every person is a TREASURE
And we should be
TREATED as such
Jesus tells us=HIS
MODERN DAY DISCIPLES
To pay attention
To what
This world counts as WORTHLESS=
Those who seem
To count for NOTHING
We are all=OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
To God=especially
The BROKEN PEOPLE
Of this world
In the names of Jesus=and our FATHER who VALUES US ALL
Robert P. Wallman
2-18-20 and 3-14-2022 and 12-01-2022
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Chris Koellhoffer, I.H.M.
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