Matthew 14:13-21
2011-07-27 — Here at Agnus Day Central, we’ve got this notion that the Eucharist might actually equip us for acts of mercy in the world. I know, we’re such wacky idealists!
BIBLE PASSAGE — Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them and cured their sick. When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is now late; send the crowds away so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.” Jesus said to them, “They need not go away; you give them something to eat.” They replied, “We have nothing here but five loaves and two fish.” And he said, “Bring them here to me.” Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. And all ate and were filled; and they took up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full. And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children. — Proper 13, Series A
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When ever I read/hear the story of the ‘feeding of 5,000’, I remember the feeding of 55,000 men at a ‘Promises Keepers’ gathering in Colorado a number of years ago. It was quite a sight to see all those men sitting around athletic fields eating a steak dinner. Awesome.