I do not want to send them away hungry

WEDNESDAY 4 DECEMBER (Mt 15,29-37)

Jesus does not want to send those who are with him back digiuni, so that they do not faint along the way. He feeds himself as food, bread of truth and knowledge and also bread of eternal life, human substance in its reality of true flesh in which there is also the divine substance. In Christ Jesus, all of God, that is truth and eternal life, is given to man so that he does not fail in the “creation” of himself and can tomorrow achieve eternal bliss in the glory of Paradise. The man according to God, the man that was created by him in his image and likeness, must walk in eternal light towards the eternal light, transforming himself into light, truth, justice and holiness. This “creation” or “conformation to the truth and life of Christ”, or passage from man according to the flesh to man according to the Holy Spirit, might only be accomplished by feeding on Christ, the Bread of truth and eternal life.

But today, it seems that Amos’ prophecy is being fulfilled: “Yes, days are coming, says the Lord God, when I will send famine upon the land: Not a famine of bread, or thirst for water, but for hearing the word of the Lord. Then shall they wander from sea to sea and rove from the north to the east In search of the word of the Lord, but they shall not find it. On that day, fair virgins and young men shall faint from thirst” (Am 8,11-13). Many approach the rivers of our Churches, but remain disappointed like the caravans of which the Book of Job speaks: “My brethren are undependable as a brook, as watercourses that run dry in the wadies; Though they may be black with ice, and with snow heaped upon them, Yet once they flow, they cease to be; in the heat, they disappear from their place. Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the desert and perish. The caravans of Tema search, the companies of Sheba have hopes; They are disappointed, though they were confident; they come there and are frustrated” (Jb 6,15-20). If any soul enters our Church today, he hears talking about everything, except the mystery of Christ Jesus, a mystery in which our eternal life is enclosed. And the soul goes away, losing itself in the falsehoods of this world. Not feeding on Christ, truth, light, justice and thought of the Father, even if he feeds on Christ, flesh and blood, it is no good to him. He lacks the truth to be realized, truth in which he must transform himself. They are really torrents that give no hope.

Moving on from there Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee, went up on the mountain, and sat down there. Great crowds came to him, having with them the lame, the blind, the deformed, the mute, and many others. They placed them at his feet, and he cured them. The crowds were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the deformed made whole, the lame walking, and the blind able to see, and they glorified the God of Israel. Jesus summoned his disciples and said, “My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, for they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, for fear they may collapse on the way.” The disciples said to him, “Where could we ever get enough bread in this deserted place to satisfy such a crowd?” Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” “Seven,” they replied, “and a few fish.” He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, gave thanks, broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds. They all ate and were satisfied. They picked up the fragments left over – seven baskets full.

It is not true that man is without thirst for truth, light, heavenly justice and eternal thought. It is false to say that man today does not want Christ Jesus. Today, man does not want that false Christ that we announce to him and does not want that word that we say about God, whereas in reality it is only a word of lies and deception. The Holy Spirit who pushes man towards the light withdraws hearts when darkness is given to them. We justify our darkness by accusing the Holy Spirit of rejecting the light. If the truth of Christ is not the truth of the minister of the Word, who approaches hears the smell of lies and withdraws. He returns to the world without truth from which he came out in search of the truth. Jesus is truth and eternal life of the Father, he gives truth and eternal life. We give what we are, what we become every day. Whoever becomes truth in Christ gives the truth of Christ.

Mother of God, Angels and Saints, arrange that every Christian is the truth of Christ to give Christ.