Mathew 14:13-21 When you get bad news, what do you do? You step away. You need a bit of quiet. A bit of space. To take it in. That's exactly what Jesus does in today's Gospel. He has just heard that his cousin, John the Baptist, has been beheaded. Someone he loved. Someone close to him has been brutally killed. And the Gospel says, when Jesus heard this, he withdrew by boat to a lonely place, by himself. He needed to be alone. To grieve. To pray. I think he also saw his own future in John's death. But he doesn't get his quiet time. The crowd hears where he is going and they get there before him. If that was me, I would have been frustrated. "Give me five minutes, will you?" But look at Jesus. Matthew says: "When he saw the crowd, he had compassion on them." His own plan fell apart, and instead of getting angry, his heart opened wider. Hasn't that happened to you? You plan your day, your week, your life... and then life happens. A diagnosis. A disappointment. A phone call you didn't expect. The kids need you when you're exhausted. Someone needs you when you have nothing left to give. We like to say, "This is not what I signed up for." And in those moments we have a choice. We can close in on ourselves with anger or self-pity... or, like Jesus, we can open our hearts with compassion. We can give ourselves to the situation in front of us, not the one we had planned. The disciples didn't do that. Not at first. I love their honesty because it's our honesty too. They look at this huge, hungry crowd and say, "Send them away." In other words, "Jesus, let's get back to the plan. Let's make this lonely place lonely again." And when Jesus says, "You give them something to eat," they panic. "All we have is five loaves and two fish." All we have is... How often have we said that? All we have is a bit of faith, but it's weak. All we have is a little energy, but we're tired. All we have is five loaves and two fish - it's not enough for what life is asking of me. And Jesus says something so beautiful. He doesn't say, "Try harder." He simply says, "Bring them to me." Bring me what you have. Not what you wish you had. What you have. Your five loaves. Your two fish. Your small faith. Your tired heart. Bring it to me. And Jesus takes it, blesses it, and suddenly it's more than enough. Not just enough - there were twelve baskets left over. That's the message today. You are never without resources, because you are never without the Lord. St. Paul says it in the second reading: nothing can come between us and the love of Christ. Nothing. No bad news, no broken plan, no overwhelming crowd. So today, whatever feels too much for you, whatever makes you say "All I have is..." - just bring it to Him. He will take it. He will bless it. And He will make it enough.