Sunday Mass meditation for Eighteenth week of Ordinary time

Here is the Mass meditation from The California Mission magazine:

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

Mass Readings:
Isa 55: 1-3
Psalm 145:8-18
Rom 8:35-39
Matt 14:13-21

Many a mother has handed some food to a son or daughter as they dash in from one extracurricular activity and back out to another, to sports, or to work. In her wisdom she knows that the body cannot run for long on "empty." The time she puts into bagging up something of the family's meal makes visible the love and care she feels for her child. So too, the Church in her wisdom recognizes that Jesus is the only satisfying food for our soul, and in our Sunday liturgy we celebrate as a community of faith the heavenly nourishment the Lord provides us in the Eucharist.
We are reminded of the Eucharistic celebration in today's gospel. From Matthew's account of Jesus feeding the five thousand we learn that the crowd had followed Jesus into a deserted place (see Matt 14:13). The hour grew late and they were quite a distance from any town. Having cured their sick, Jesus again showed deep compassion by feeding the crowd. How correctly the Psalmist perceived the extent of God's love for his people! "The eyes of all look hopefully to you, and you give them their food in due season; you open your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing" (Psalm 145:15-16).
Rather than dismissing the crowd and saying that he had done enough for one day, Jesus understood the hunger of the people for truth and their constant need to know God's love. He said, "there is no need for them to go away." The Lord speaks this same word to us today. There is no need for us to turn aside to seek for some other solution to our problems. He says that if we are thirsty, come to the water. If we have no money, he says, "come, receive grain and eat." Without paying, without cost, come to the Lord (see Isaiah 55: 1-3).
The Lord does not grow tired in caring for us. He still has many more won­derful blessings to share with us. "They all ate and were satisfied" (Matt 14:20). Next time that you are aware of the Lord's compassion for you, consider lingering even longer in his presence. Let the Lord give you a sense of the height and depth of his love for you.
The depth of Christ's compassion was demonstrated when he laid down his life on the cross at Calvary. We who have the eyes of faith can see that the Lord has loved us. Nothing will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord (see Romans 8:39). This love endures beyond our Eucharistic liturgy and accomplishes miracles in our lives.