It has been said that the Gospels are the story of our lives as well as the story of Jesus' life: we can find ourselves among the crowds who heard Jesus preaching.

The crowds' reactions, in the Gospel, are an invitation to us to reflect on what our responses to Jesus words and actions could be. Do we look for signs from heaven in answer to our prayer?

Since love is the highest virtue and the heart of the new commandment, should our response to the words and actions of Jesus not always be, as in today's Opening Prayer: "Increase your gift of love in us?"