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Tuesday, January 5, 2010, St. John Neumann
1 John 4:7-10, Psalm 72:1-4, 7-8, Mark 6:34-44
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FED UP?
"Jesus saw a vast crowd. He pitied them, for they were like sheep without
a shepherd; and He began to teach them at great length." —Mark 6:34
If we love Jesus, we will feed His sheep physically and spiritually (Jn
21:15-17). However, many of His sheep are being poisoned by massive,
almost constant injections of prime-time TV, pornography, video games,
escapist entertainment, and other garbage media. After getting sick from
consuming this sewage, these people lose their appetite for the
nourishment of God's word and sacraments. They become spiritually
anorexic.
Consequently, we as God's people have an unprecedented challenge to
spiritually feed more people than ever before. In addition, these people
are more spiritually sick and anorexic than ever before. Moreover, we must
feed the people with the world competing viciously against us for their
time, money, and energy. Finally, the world is heavily funded and controls
almost all aspects of the media, to which most people of our culture of
death are enslaved.
How can we feed God's people under these worst of circumstances? The Lord
has promised: "My grace is sufficient" (2 Cor 12:9, RSV-CE). If we give
Him our all and our best, He will multiply it to overcome spiritual
anorexia and feed the masses (see Mk 6:41ff), even if we are under-funded
and seemingly buried in a media deluge. We need many miracles to feed
God's people, and the Lord is the God of miracles. He will do more than we
can ever ask for or imagine (Eph 3:20). Feed the sheep.
Prayer: Father, I give You my "all," as little as it is.
Promise: "Love, then, consists in this: not that we have loved God but
that He has loved us and has sent His Son as an Offering for our sins." —1
Jn 4:10
Praise: Along with parish schools, St. John also promoted the Forty Hours
devotion. He was known for encouraging ordinary people to live in hidden
sanctity.
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December 1, 2009 through January 31, 2010
†Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of
Cincinnati, June 4, 2009
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