Daily Gospel for Wednesday. Daily Readings & prayer, December 2, 2020

Daily Readings for the Holy Gospel, December 2, 2020. Reflection on daily Gospel of Matthew 15:29-37 - Let us meditate through the Pope´s reflections to Holy Gospel. "When we put all our hope in God, we lack nothing. With Him, we can achieve everything. With Him, we will enjoy a great banquet". Daily Readings and the daily Prayer for your life to get serenity and inner peace on the first Wednesday of Advent.

Serenity prayer for December 2.

Lord, I pray that throughout this day you will allow me to have peace in my heart so that I can give it to those I love. Help me to be a blessing to others. Amen.

Readings for Wednesday.

First Reading for daily Gospel: Reading from the book of Isaiah 25:6-10: "The Lord will prepare a banquet for every nation".

Daily Psalm for Wednesday.

Psalm 22(23): "In the Lord´s own house shall I dwell for ever and ever." (R).

• The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. Fresh and green are the pastures where he gives me repose. Near restful waters he leads me, to revive my drooping spirit. (R).
• He guides me along the right path; he is true to his name. If I should walk in the valley of darkness no evil would I fear. You are there with your crook and your staff; with these you give me comfort. (R).
• You have prepared a banquet for me in the sight of my foes. My head you have anointed with oil; my cup is overflowing. (R).
• Surely goodness and kindness shall follow me all the days of my life. In the Lord’s own house shall I dwell for ever and ever. (R).

Daily Gospel Acclamation.

"Alleluia, alleluia! The Lord is our judge, the Lord our lawgiver, the Lord our king and our saviour. Alleluia!" (Daily readings for today extracted of Is 33:22.)

Daily Gospel for December 2. Matthew 15:29-37.

Daily readings Wednesday, Gospel for December 2 (The miracle of the multiplication of loaves and fishes): At that time, Jesus reached the shores of the Sea of Galilee, and he went up into the hills. He sat there, and large crowds came to him bringing the lame, the crippled, the blind, the dumb and many others; these they put down at his feet, and he cured them. The crowds were astonished to see the dumb speaking, the cripples whole again, the lame walking and the blind with their sight, and they praised the God of Israel. But Jesus called his disciples to him and said, "I feel sorry for all these people; they have been with me for three days now and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them off hungry, they might collapse on the way." The disciples said to him, "Where could we get enough bread in this deserted place to feed such a crowd?" Jesus said to them, "How many loaves have you?" "Seven" they said "and a few small fish." Then he instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves and the fish, and he gave thanks and broke them and handed them to the disciples, who gave them to the crowds. They all ate as much as they wanted, and they collected what was left of the scraps, seven baskets full.". (The daily readings and the Holy Gospel, on this page, are from the Jerusalem Bible)

Daily Readings reflection, by Pope Francis.

"Pope Francis: God always helps in difficulties."

In the daily Readings, i would like to dwell on an aspect that always impacts me and makes me reflect: We are on the shore of the Lake of Galilee, the night is coming; Jesus is worried about the people who have been with Him for so many hours: they are counted in their thousands, and they are hungry. What to do?

The disciples also pose the problem and tell Jesus: "Send the crowd away", so that he can go to the surrounding villages and hamlets and find food.

But, in this reading today, we see that Jesus says: "Give them something to eat yourselves". The disciples are puzzled and respond, "We have only five loaves and two fish," as if to say, "Just enough for us.

Jesus knows well what to do, but he wants to involve his disciples, he wants to educate them. The attitude of the disciples is the human attitude, which seeks the most realistic solution, which does not cause too many problems: "Send away the people, let each one manage as he can, on the other hand you have already done so much for them: you have preached, you have healed the sick

Jesus´ attitude in this reading today is completely different and is dictated by his union with the Father and by his compassion for the people, but also by his willingness to give a message to the disciples. Before those five loaves of bread, Jesus thinks: this is providence! From this little bit, God can bring out what is necessary for all. Jesus totally trusts the heavenly Father, he knows that for him all things are possible.

Therefore, he tells the disciples to make the people sit down in groups of fifty, not by chance: this means that they are no longer a crowd, but become communities, fed by the bread of God. Then, as daily readings tells us, Jesus takes the loaves and fishes, raises his eyes to heaven, pronounces the blessing, it is a clear reference to the Eucharist - and then he breaks them and begins to give them to the disciples, and the disciples distribute them, and the loaves and fishes do not run out.

Here is the miracle: more than a multiplication, it is a sharing, animated by faith and prayer. They all ate and there was leftover: it is the sign of Jesus, the bread of God for humanity.

The disciples saw it, but they did not understand the message well. They were enthralled, like the crowd, by the enthusiasm of success. Once again, they followed human logic and not that of God, which is that of service, love and faith. (Daily Readings reflection, Solemnity of Corpus Christi, June 2, 2013.).

Daily Prayer Wednesday, for Gospel.

My Lord, teach me to look at the world through your eyes. Before you, I want to present myself with good fruits, and for this, I place myself under your protection. Without You, I lose the sense of things. Without you, the world becomes meaningless. Without You, everything is missing; but with You every shadow disappears. Come, my beloved, be the inspiration and strength of my soul. Amen. (Healing with the serenity prayer for daily readings and Holy Gospel)

The Pope´s daily quotation.

"Lord and Father of mankind, who created all human beings with equal dignity, instill in our hearts a fraternal spirit. Impel us to create a more dignified world, without hunger, without poverty, without violence, without war". Pope Francis.

Purpose for daily Gospel.

I will dedicate 10 minutes to make a special prayer for those marriages that are going through difficulties.

Video of the daily Readings.

Enjoy now the video meditation for the daily readings for Wednesday on December 2, 2020. Matthew 15:29-37. "In every moment of our lives, we must learn to cultivate hope". Holy Gospel and daily prayer of the Wednesday of the 1st week of Advent.

Serenity prayer for Wednesday.

You can meditate now with the serenity prayer for Wednesday, December 2, 2020. May the Lord always grant us serenity and peace.

"That pain or suffering you are going through can be a springboard to wonderful things that are about to happen, new talents to be discovered, new blessings to blossom. Let yourself be guided by God´s hand in the hard times, and He will bring joy back into your life." 

Map of readings for the day.

• Initial Serenity Prayer.

• Daily readings.

• Holy Gospel Reading.

• Pope reflection.

• Daily Prayer Wednesday for Gospel.

• Daily Gospel Purpose.

• Video meditation for the Gospel.

• Final serenity prayer

Daily Gospel Intentions for December 2.

With the catholic daily readings of the Holy Gospel of Matthew 15:29-37, let us pray for all those prayer intentions for today, Wednesday, that you wish to express. When you meditate on the daily readings, you deepen your personal relationship with God and grow in love. "In the joys and anxieties, Advent is a time to cultivate hope, to lean on God, to learn to look to the future as a field of action of the Lord. May our hearts be filled with joy in these promises". With the daily readings for Wednesday, and praying with the daily prayer, come to write down in the commentaries all that you want God to give you or heal you through the reading of his Word in the daily Readings for December 2, 2020. God blesses you.