Last sunday, we were reminded about the discipline(tools to form),to increase knowledge about Catholicism. Ex: forming habits of daily recollection, to increase our knowledge with regard to God. This is called as faith. Any subject, if you want to increase faith, you have to reflect daily, then only you have faith on that subject. Attending sunday mass to get further knowledge is essential.
Then only you develop skill about God's influence in to your life!
Skill: an ability to do something well, specially because you have learned and practice the work.
Attitude: opinion and feeling that you usually have about something(society):
Jesus showed that HE was aware about HIS skills. He should have dropped food (like manna) to every body. BUT NEW METHOD IS DIFFERENT. (1)Asking Philip and Andrew to find food,(2) also you will notice in the 1st miracle at Cana, he should have created wine, without asking people to fill the jars with water, but he use some other method. Why?
What HE tried to show to us?.
HE wants to show,when we were given full freedom, how to develop, human energy, with grace of God, to see a miracle.
Why? In cycle 2, instead of Mark gospel, church use John?.(Same incident has been reported by all 4 gospel writers) Only difference,is the mention of boy, who was having 5 loves and 2 fish(only given in John gospel. It shows attitudes of Jesus and of this boy, who was willingly wants to support the society, convert their talents to energy.
B. Preamble for today's reading
B.1 Importance of food
There are 6 basic needs for human's to live. They are food,earth,water,sunlight,air,
Food is the only thing that you have to earn. All other basic needs God has given free!. When you over eat it is gluttony & when you don't share it is greediness. Food also like mind, unless U manage well, you harm yourself.
B.2. Talents to Skill?
Everybody in this world is born with at least one talent. In order for the society to be benefited from your talents, it has to be converted to skill. Your talents can be converted to skill, only with(1) happy mind(2) good healthy (3) be efficient.
Happy mind:
Catholicism will teach you that there are 3 steps to reach happy mind. First develop a peaceful mind by following 10 commandments+ developing pardoning
Then develop worry less mind,by handing over your worries to Holy mary+ saints, then finally develop a happy mind by removing 7 vices+following God's Will. (This differs from religion to anther religion).
Healthy:
Health has to be managed. If you don't brush the teeth, you will loose your teeth. If you pray and don't brush the teeth, still, you will loose teeth!. Similarly, when you don't, exercise or work(physical), it will tend to deteriorate your health.75% of Your body consist of water, when you work you tend to evaporate body water. Hence you need replenish water. Drinking water and doing regular exercise will lead to good health.
To much eating is bad(gluttony). Hence try to control your eating.
Efficient: Jesus showed us that not to put new wine in old caskets! Why? HE knew, that world is moving with technology and changes every day. Main changes are resulting to carry out many works in a unit time. Take example the revolutions that we experienced up to now:
Agricultural: with this manure was invented, and the output of the crops,were exponentially increased.
Printing: knowledge base of the world increased
Industrial: out put f products were increased
Communication: world became one global villege.
Jesus travel with a donkey, he never used micro phones. But today you cannot do missionary work without these things!. Earlier we used postal to send messages, now we use e-mails.
So when you want to convert your talents to skill, make sure you are happy, healthy and efficient!
B.3. Value of energy:
How U become energy to others?. Universe is big ball of energy. Forms of energy that humans most commonly experience (1)Light(electro magnetic
(2)Sound(acoustic)
(3)Heat(thermal
(4)Pressure(mechanical)
(5)Chemical.
For Each energy,human will sense,with specific organ,such as Eyes,ears,nose, skin&mouth-act as interface between your brain&environment.
Similarly,you can become energy source to society by converting your Talents to skills& developing your Attitudes.
For this you need to develop knowledge about God(6steps)-(Remember/
You develop(1)Skill(ability to do talent well,since U have learned & practice)(2)Attitude: Opinion& feeling that U usually have about society:
Mother Theresa showed how to become an energy source,by serving poorest of poor. Mandela showed how to win freedom. Young boy showed how to feed 5000 with 5 loves &2fish,with grace of God!.
B.4 Example of Mother Theresa
Born in Albania(26/8/1910)& baptised as Agnes,She is the founder of Missionaries of Charity (1950–1997), who served poorest of the poor. Their mission is to care all unwanted & unloved in society,as carriers of CHRIST Love in the Slums. On the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,22/8/1952,she opened her1st home for dying,named "nirmal Hriday"(pure heart) at Kalighat.
She saw,over 20000 people dying. One of them said"I have lived like an animal in the street,but I am going to die like an angel,loved and cared for"1971she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. She died on5/9/97in India, beatified by StJohnPaul II in 2003.Church recognized the healing of an non christian Indian woman in 2002,who had a huge abdominal tumour. Her Motto was'WE DO IT FOR JESUS'.
In Veilankanni,India, Mary carrying her infant son told 'what can U give to my hungry son?' The child worker gave all the milk he had!to see a miracle!.
(Same like the boy, in the Gospel reading today)
B.4 Not energetic means, you create mental disorder!
Taxonomy: mental disorder deriving from loosing touch of reality& begin imagining things & acting on those imagined things. When there is absence of some expected behavior,you lead either
(1)Flat affect: exhibits no emotionalty what so ever.or
(2)Alogia: thought processes are dull, blocked,or generally improvised or
(3) Avolition: no ability to persist in an activity,looks like extreme lack of motivation.
You will get taxonomy, if you are not energetic. Basically, when you forget
God has created you
(a)to lead a happy life,with unique personality
(B)your talents has to be converted to energy with following HIS WILL
To understand above, you should have gathered enough knowledge, which consist of six phases.
Remember/understand/apply/
Try to remember ever day, how God has saved you, to come to present situation, then understand His support towards your lfe. Apply the similar things, into your present life. Next 3 phases, you can easily do in immediate future.
.Your energy consist of knowledge/skills &attitude,equivalent to head,hand, heart.
Once you understand, who is God, then you. Can develop loving attitude for the society.
Attitude: Opinion &feeling that U usually have about your neighbor:
C. To day's readings:
book of Kings(2 King 4:42-44) says"..Elisha..bread..'Give it to..people to eat'..'How..serve to 100men '.. they.. eat..some left over.
Paul says(Eph 4:1-6)"I prisoner..Lord..U to lead..worthy of U'r vocation..peace bind U together..one God
JN(6:1-15) says"..Jesus..crowd..climbed..
Why they have not selected Mark(6:30-44)?
There is no reference to the small boy/
Remind:
(1)You have to become energy source. your talents can be converted to skill, by developing your talents with God(boy never question, how Jesus going to feed 5000 people, with 5 loves and 2 fish but he experience that!.
(2) Why Jesus, did not create food, like manna, he search for people who are having resources. Just to show new method of reaching your happiness, by becoming an energy source.
(3)Why there are 11 bags seen as extra?
Just indicate us not to Overeat
(Create health problems)
(4) Jesus, boy and disciples, clearly showed the loving attitude for people.
Conclusions: to have Church, catholics should individually avoid, Pride,jealousy and forming any form of cast. Also, they should develop human power individual to them, by increasing knowledge about God, develop their God given talents to skill, and develop loving attitude towards society. Today readings invited us to reflect primary outcome of Catholicism.
You have to become an energetic person.
GBU.
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