17 Aware of this, Jesus asked them, “Why are you talking about the loaves you are short of? Do you not see or understand? Are your minds closed? 18 Have you eyes that don’t see and ears that don’t hear? And do you not remember 19 when I broke the five loaves among five thousand? How many baskets full of leftovers did you collect?” They answered, “Twelve.” 20 “And having distributed seven loaves to the four thousand, how many wicker baskets of leftovers did you collect?” They answered, “Seven.” 21 Then Je sus said to them, “Do you still not understand?”
---- my own,
You know all that I have done for you, and those you love in the past, yet you are no better than the disciples who constantly had to be reprimanded because they forgot the miracles I performed routinely and to which they were witnesses. I had to jog their memory to recall what I had done in feeding the 5000 and the 4000, and the leftovers that they collected in baskets. In the first instance, 12 baskets; in the second, 7, and yet they forgot so easily. Is your mind as dull as theirs? They can be excused, for they had not yet witnessed the whole of My life ending with My ascension into heaven. But you, ---- mine, with the hindsight of over 2000 years, the doctrinal teaching of the Church I founded, as well as your personal experience of Me, are just as dull and hard of understanding as they. This is what breaks My Heart: that you still lack faith, you still allow trials to sadden you, that you still do not pray with childlike faith, bringing all your needs to Me with conviction, absolutely certain that I will give you all you ask for according to the riches of My mercy, goodness, and love. Do not have Me say to you again, 'O you of little faith, do you not yet understand?' Rather let your prayer echo My Mother's and Mine; Hers always was, "I am the handmaid of the Lord, may it be done to me according to Your will." And Mine, "Not as I will, Father, but as you will." Do this, ---- my own, in all circumstances, let this be your attitude always, and you will experience the peace that I have left you, a peace that passes all human understanding, for it is My own peace that I give you. Be not afraid, it pleases My Father who is your Abba as well, to give you and all those you love and pray for every moment of the day, the Kingdom of Heaven. Rejoice and be glad always, for this is My will for you. Do this, and you will be happy in this life and eternally happy in the life to come.
