LIVE IT TODAY: Tuesday, January 6, 2026
I see your need, I am moved with compassion, and I ask you to trust Me with what you have.
LIVE IT TODAY: Tuesday, January 6, 2026
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GOD’S DECLARATION TO YOU TODAY
I see your need, I am moved with compassion, and I ask you to trust Me with what you have.
INVOCATION
Come, Holy Spirit! Through the intercession of Our Blessed Mother Mary, open my heart to hear and receive all that You desire for me. Draw me ever more deeply into the Love and Life of the Blessed Trinity!
GOSPEL | Mark 6:34–44
When Jesus saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them,
for they were like sheep without a shepherd;
and he began to teach them many things.
By now it was already late and his disciples approached him and said,
“This is a deserted place and it is already very late.
Dismiss them so that they can go
to the surrounding farms and villages
and buy themselves something to eat.”
He said to them in reply,
“Give them some food yourselves.”
But they said to him,
“Are we to buy two hundred days’ wages worth of food
and give it to them to eat?”
He asked them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.”
And when they had found out they said,
“Five loaves and two fish.”
So he gave orders to have them sit down in groups on the green grass.
The people took their places in rows by hundreds and by fifties.
Then, taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven,
he said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples
to set before the people;
he also divided the two fish among them all.
They all ate and were satisfied.
And they picked up twelve wicker baskets full of fragments
and what was left of the fish.
Those who ate of the loaves were five thousand men.
EVERY DAY QUESTION
What struck you? Challenged you? Inspired you? What questions did it raise?
GOING DEEPER
God’s compassion does not dismiss our hunger; it invites our cooperation.
Mark tells us that when Jesus sees the crowd, “his heart was moved with pity.” The Greek verb used here is splanchnizomai—a visceral word rooted in the inner organs, the gut. This is not polite sympathy. It is divine compassion that aches, moves, and acts. Jesus does not see a problem to manage; He sees people to shepherd.
The disciples respond logically. It is late. Resources are scarce. The crowd is large. Their solution is dismissal. Jesus’ response overturns that instinct: “Give them some food yourselves.” The Kingdom of God consistently stretches disciples beyond what seems reasonable, not to humiliate them, but to teach them dependence.
Notice Jesus’ method. He does not conjure food out of nothing. He asks what they already have. Five loaves. Two fish. Insufficient by any calculation—except one grounded in trust. Jesus blesses, breaks, and gives. These verbs echo the Eucharist and reveal a pattern: what is offered in faith is multiplied in grace.
The people are instructed to sit on “green grass.” Mark alone includes this detail. Psalm 23 quietly hums beneath the scene: “He makes me lie down in green pastures.” Jesus is not only feeding a crowd; He is revealing Himself as the Shepherd who provides rest, order, and abundance where there once was scarcity.
This Gospel presses directly into the domestic church. Parents often feel the same tension as the disciples: limited time, limited energy, limited patience. The temptation is to dismiss—to outsource formation, to lower expectations, to retreat. Jesus instead invites us to offer what we have, trusting Him to do what we cannot.
We parents are not asked to produce miracles, but to place our loaves in Christ’s hands. Our small acts of fidelity—shared prayer, consistent teaching, patient love—become instruments of abundance when surrendered to Him. We pray over our children by name, believing that what feels insufficient in us is more than enough in Christ.
“The miracles of the multiplication of the loaves… announce the superabundance of this unique bread of his Eucharist.” (CCC 1335)
LIFE APPLICATION QUESTIONS
In My Heart: Where do I feel most aware of my limits, and how is Christ inviting me to trust Him there?
In My Home: What “five loaves and two fish” might our family need to offer more intentionally to God?
In My World: Where am I tempted to dismiss need instead of stepping forward in faith?
FAMILY LIVE IT
Make some time today to gather together and, going around, name one area where each person feels stretched or tired.
Then, one by one, pray over each person by name, asking for an outpouring of grace to know God’s love personally, freedom from the whispers and lies of the Enemy, strength to overcome temptation, and joyful trust that God multiplies what is offered to Him.
Daily Challenge:
Offer one concrete act today—time, attention, service—that feels small but costs something, and place it deliberately in Jesus’ hands.
DAILY PARENT & GRANDPARENT BLESSING
LORD JESUS CHRIST, let Your holy anointing be upon each of our children, grandchildren, and godchildren this day and week, including all to whom they are called in vocation, and all future generations! In Your Sacred Name we claim them for You! We renounce all whispers, lies, and influences of the Enemy! We pray right now that each know Your loving Presence, be forged in virtue, and be flooded with an abundance of Your Holy Spirit to live fully their identity and mission in You now and through all eternity, through the intercession of our Blessed Mother! Amen.
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GOING VERTICAL
“Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10
Just as the vertical beam upholds the horizontal beam of the Cross, so too does undistracted, dedicated daily turning to God as our lifeblood uphold and strengthen every part of life. Start with just three minutes. Wait patiently for the breakthrough beyond the noise. Let Him speak.
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