Jesus and his disciples travelled on, crossed the lake, tied up their boat and settled down on the bank to take a rest. They probably took time to re-collect their spirits and converse with each other, to get ready for the crowds. To deal with eager and excited people who came from all over the places and with different personal motives, requests, and desires, one had to be generous with them. Jesus and his disciples were generous in spirit. And all those who touched him were saved.

The first reading and the psalm echo the moods of the gospel scene of cures at Gennesaret. Solomon led the people to bring the Ark of the Covenant to the Lord God's resting place. The priests performed liturgical worship amid the joyful shouts of the faithful. They prayed to God not to reject them.

St Ignatius Loyola teaches that a magnanimous spirit on our part is very profitable when we begin to pray.