Isaiah 25:6-10 / Matthew 15:29-37
"I have found the paradox of life: that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only love." (Blessed Mother Teresa)
Indeed a paradox, and indeed something to think about and will keep us thinking.
But a paradox is not about a theory for us analyse and only to think about.
It is a description about a reality that we must experience before we can embrace the truth in the paradox.
The disciples in the gospel passage faced a food shortage situation when Jesus told them He wanted to feed the crowd.
The reaction of the disciples was "Where could we get enough bread in this deserted place to feed such a crowd?".
But from the little that they had given to Jesus they saw what was the outcome and it certainly baffled them.
From that we can say that when you give till you have nothing, God will in turn give you something.
Maybe the paradox here is that when we give till it hurts, then there will be no more hurt, we will only give with love.
May we understand this as we prepare during this Advent season to experience of self-giving of Jesus at Christmas.