Monday 3 August 2026
St Dominic
Jeremiah 28:1-17. Teach me your laws, O Lord – Ps 118(119):29, 43, 79-80, 95, 102. Matthew 14:22-36.
This is a lonely place
Have you been in a ‘lonely place’ in your life? Are you in one now? Even Jesus was troubled after John’s death and needed to get away. He missed his relative, someone who had greatly inspired him. Jesus is with us in our grief as a human, but in his divinity he is our saviour. He has pity on the people in the lonely place and feeds them with a bountiful feast they could never have provided themselves. Sometimes we feel we have nothing ‘left in the barrel’. All we can offer is a couple of loaves and fishes. But hear the word of God today. Jesus takes pity, heals the sick, blesses the food and feeds them. Let him speak into our loneliness today. Let him be both our companion and our saviour.
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