I Will Satisfy Your Hunger . . . How the Miracle of the Loaves Relates to Us Today
Fr. Hugh Gillespie, SMM
I Will Satisfy Your Hunger . . .
Have you ever felt that you absolutely have no energy left?
You may have felt that you have reach your limits. You possibly even feel overwhelmed. Linger with that image as the Church celebrates a beautiful mystery today . . . the Body and Blood of Our Lord.
The Gospel today is one of the accounts of Our Lord feeding the multiples of people who came to hear Him. It begins simply. Jesus has been teaching and has been healing the people. One might think that would be enough.
But the people have another need as well. There are many people, most of whom are tired and hungry. There is no shelter. One might think that Jesus had done all that He could do. But that is not what we hear within the scripture.
The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes: Italian painter: Giovanni Lanfranco: 1620
The painting was commissioned for and may be found in the Blessed Sacrament chapel in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome.
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. . . How the Miracle of the Loaves Relates to Us Today
The disciples come to the Lord asking that He send the people away, so the disciples could tend for themselves. The Lord’s response, however, is instructive. He tells the disciples not to send them away, but to feed them.
The Lord knows that there are no local places that could care for so many. The Lord knows that He cannot send them away into a world that cannot care for so many people.
Why don’t you (the disciples) feed them? The disciples look at the large crowd. The disciples know they could not feed the people. Then there is Jesus. He says, give me the five loafs and two fish. It visually makes no sense! Yet, Jesus says let’s feed them all.
Hear why this miracle is so amazing. Nowhere does it say there are five thousand loafs after the blessing. He gives them food that does not end as the disciples pass out the food. Listen to Homily explain what is actually going on within this mystery . . . both visibly and invisibly.
Hear how this story relates to what Jesus does within the Mass. Jesus tells us all, I am not willing to send you away hungry. Hear more within this Meditation Media.
I Will Satisfy Your Hunger . . . How the Miracle of the Loaves Relates to Us Today
