Please, Sir, may I have another?

 Whatever is good, especially if very good, we’re oriented to desire more of it. 

The good we have is okay, but if we just could have “one more” that would even be “more better.”  This is simply basic human lust or longing for completion.  The sad part for us is that we can never be complete while we remain in this life, but we can come quite close.

The Gospel I’m reflecting on this week has a lot to say about what we're to do with what we receive [Mark 4].  Jesus uses many familiar images to help His hearers to take in all He wishes them to have and take inside.  Seeds scattered, the smallest of seeds planted—these are pictures of how Jesus is offering Himself and His message to be taken in through the ears and given flesh through the actions flowing outwardly.

Then there’s the image of a lamp; a light which, when lit, is not meant to be hidden in a tub or under a bed. Simple and clear enough in the hearing, but, what if we want more, a better lamp, light!   Jesus tells His disciples that, what is hidden will be revealed and what is secret will be disclosed [Mark 4:21-25].  To this we respond, “ah good, God is going to give us more, clearer, enough!”   We’ll never have enough to complete Him on earth, one cookie, such as yourself, myself, is what He asks us to be and to share and not from under a tub or bed.  Two cookies are always better than one and yet the one, limited, seems to be enough for Jesus to share with us.

Early in Mark’s Gospel four fishermen were called out of their boats and away from their nets [Mark 1:16-20].  These cookies were being formed by their listening to Jesus, to be distributed, shared.  They heard many things, were given much and more was coming, but only depending on how they revealed outwardly all they had inwardly received.  Jesus’ relationship with them, and of course, us, is oriented for display, for showing up and out and not showing off.  His giving was for their living and the more would be given depending on its being lived.

In short, nothing of His, is mine!  I’m finishing this Reflection, because I don’t have anything more or better to say and of course, I wish there were more. I've taken the cookie Jesus shared with me through the Gospels out of the jar and placed it on the counter to share with you.  It's all I can do.  I hope it's enough.