Feeding
34As he went ashore, he saw
a great crowd; and he had compassion for them,
because they were like sheep
without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many
things.
Mark 6:30-34,
53-56
Feeding the Multitudes*
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Coptic Orthodox Church Centre, United
Kingdom
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There
are years that ask questions and years that answer.
~ Zora Neale
Hurston
Too
often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening
ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the
potential to turn a life around.
~ Leo Buscaglia
At Evergreen
Lake
July 22,
2006
Equinox
Gary
Monaco
Their rippling
wakes
encompass them all ...
Life shrinks and expands in proportion to one's
courage.
~ Anais Nin
July 23,
2006 Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Previous OPQs may be found
...
*(The feeding of the multitude occurs right after
this passage from Mark.)
"Food
events provide an opportunity for Mark to portray Jesus in fierce debate with
the religious elite from which he emerges an honorable man but for which he is
eventually executed. Eating and food are occasions for Mark to present Jesus,
not only as popular hero, but also as subversive sage."
Dietmar Neufeld
31He said to them, "Come away to a
deserted place all by yourselves and rest a
while."
Mark 6:30-34, 53-56
Jesus tells the disciples to restTISSOT, James, 1886-96
56And wherever he went,
into villages or cities or farms, they laid the sick in the market-places,
and begged him that they might touch even the fringe of
his cloak; and all who touched it were
healed.
Mark 6:30-34, 53-56
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
2 Samuel
7:1-14a
Psalm 89:20-37
Ephesians 2:11-22
Mark 6:30-34,
53-56
