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WEDNESDAY, THIRD WEEK OF EASTERTIDE<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Acts 8: 1-8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ps 66: 1-7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jn 6: 35-40<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \u00a0<\/p>\r\n WHEN LIFE SCATTERS YOU, STAY CLOSE TO WHAT FEEDS YOU<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n In our day-to-day life we experience scattering in very ordinary ways; may be a transfer we did not want, migration or relocation, a job loss, a family crisis, a health diagnosis and even emotional scattering like; burnout, confusion, loss of direction. In situations like this our instinct would ask: \u201cWhy is my life being disrupted?\u201d But Jesus teaches us something different today.<\/p>\r\n \u00a0<\/p>\r\n In the first reading, persecution scatters the early believers out of Jerusalem. The Church looks weak and like a failure. But something surprising happens: wherever they go, they carry the Gospel, God uses this scattering to spread life. This is not an isolated pattern in the Bible. See the life of Joseph in Egypt – sold by his brothers, scattered from his family, yet later able to say: \u201cYou meant evil against me, but God meant it for good\u201d (Gen 50:20). Or the people of Israel in exile – uprooted, humiliated, and yet purified in faith. God does not cause the suffering, but he redeems it.<\/p>\r\n \u00a0<\/p>\r\n In the Gospel, Jesus says \u201cI am the Bread of Life\u2026 whoever comes to me will never hunger.\u201d Here is the inner answer to outer scattering. Life can uproot us, but Christ roots us. We may be displaced, but we are not empty. Even in suffering and displacement, the Church teaches that nothing is wasted when lived in Christ. The Cross itself looked like total scattering -the disciples fled, the community collapsed yet the Resurrection turned that moment of collapse into the birth of the Church.<\/p>\r\n \u00a0<\/p>\r\n Therefore, in situation like this we should ask, \u201cHow can God use this disruption to bring life to others and depth to me?\u201d Many people discover their deepest faith not when life is settled, but when life is shaken. They pray and listen differently. They find Christ not as an idea, but as Bread that sustains them day by day. The Risen Lord does not promise that you will never be scattered. He promises that you will never be empty if you come to him, and allow him to be our life\u2019s centre.<\/p>\r\n :\u00a0<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n Response: Cry out with joy to God, all the earth.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n Copyright \u00a92026 \u00a9Springs of Living Water\u00a0 http:\/\/springs.carmelmedia.in<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WEDNESDAY, THIRD WEEK OF EASTERTIDE \u00a0 Acts 8: 1-8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ps 66: 1-7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jn 6: 35-40 \u00a0 WHEN LIFE SCATTERS YOU, STAY CLOSE TO WHAT FEEDS YOU \u00a0 In our day-to-day life we experience scattering in very ordinary ways; may be a transfer we did not want, migration or relocation, a job loss, a family crisis, … <\/p>\n
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