Sensitivity

As I made it through the rainy weather tonight to go to Mass I couldn't help but thank Jesus for His divine mercy. It covers us so completely, even when we don't deserve it. And here I sit, hours later feeling completely empty of sin and full of our Lord, Jesus Christ, with the words given by the Holy Spirit to Father Godwin running through my mind.

The gospel according to John:

"After this, Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee. A large crowd followed him, because they saw the signs he was performing on the sick. Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. The Jewish feast of Passover was near. When Jesus raised his eyes and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, he said to Philip, 'Where can we buy enough food for them to eat?' He said this to test him, because he himself knew what he was going to do. Philip answered him, 'Two hundred days' wages worth of food would not be enough for each of them to have a little bit.' One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to him, 'There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what good are these for many?' Jesus said, 'Have the people recline.' Now there was a great deal of grass in that place. So the men reclined, about five thousand in number. Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were reclining, and also as much of the fish as they wanted. When they had had their fill, he said to his disciples, 'Gather the fragments left over, so that nothing will be wasted.' So they collected them, and filled twelve wicker baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves that had been more than they could eat. When the people saw the sign he had done, they said, 'This is truly the Prophet, the one who is to come into the world.' Since Jesus knew that they were going to come and carry him off to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain alone." John 6:1-15

All this week and last week we've walked with the disciples through their journey right after Jesus' death and resurrection. And the words that the Holy Spirit said through Father Godwin are too good not to share. Tonight, though, he spoke of Jesus and the sensitivity he had towards people. Jesus is always sensitive to our needs; He knows exactly what we need even when we don't know it ourselves. I want to touch upon a part though, that Father Godwin brought up, and one that I would have missed had it not been him who showed us.

Any other person would have seen that great crowd and maybe they would have taught for a little while and then gone away, because they were such a great number what else could you have done? Jesus was always aware of what the people needed and therefore He looked to appease their hunger. And then Andrew found a little boy willing to give his food to Jesus to use.

Here's the part that I would have missed: What if that little boy had said, "No, this is my food and it's not even enough for my family. You cannot have it." Jesus would not have been able to create His miracle. Luckily that one soul was willing to give of himself, allow himself in other words, to be used as an instrument in God's almighty plan so that Jesus could feed over 5000 people!

Moral of the story (I love this part!): We have to be open to Jesus in order for Him to create miracles in our lives.

And that's it. It's really that easy. Well, there's other stuff, too, but it's a start. So I challenge you, this weekend, stop for a moment and say these words: Jesus, I trust you. Jesus, I trust you. Jesus, I trust you.