Power of God

My thoughts are :on God’s Message of Love and Hope”
Jesus is imminent help , he is Feeding of the 5,000, people .. we think we can’t do that with our brothers and sisters who are more poor than we are ?

I begin with this quote today because if we are not spiritually perceptive, the Gospel of the feeding of the 5,000 may seem to be nothing more than a simple miracle story of the feeding a whole lot of folks with just a little food. It is so much more than that and to see it we have to take some time, do some study, and reflection. And then, the most important part comes where we invite the story to live in us and speak to us.

One thing we must not do is impose our own meaning on scripture. We must always be open to God’s voice, ever receptive to being surprised, and to changing our minds. There are many layers of meaning, and, depending on the level of our emptiness, that is, our openness and willingness, we receive what we at any given time are capable of receiving. But there is more. Always more.

Remember the Lord’s admonition to the Pharisees, “You search the scriptures thinking that in them you find life, but the scriptures speak of me.” He is the deepest of all mysteries.

Here are a few things you may not know or may never have considered about the feeding of the 5,000.

1) The number 5 in the Bible is the number of God’s goodness and grace.

So, this is a story about the abundance of grace that God pours out on his creation. There is so much abundance that there is not just enough to satisfy the crowd (really well over 5,000 since women and children were not counted), but 12 baskets are left over. The grace and goodness of God are superabundant and he shares it with everyone without condition. The people he was feeding were, in the eyes of the religious of the time, poor and sinful, like Untouchables.

2) This is a story about the Compassion of God for all his creation.

Jesus was afraid that the hungry people might faint on the way home. He cared for them and loved them, so he took notice of their simplest need and did something about it. The Father of our Lord and Savior, is the All-Compassionate One, and Jesus is his perfect image.

3) This story is prophetic.

Does this remind you of a story from the Old Testament?

Jesus goes into the barren wilderness presumably to pray as he often did, and the people followed him. There he fed them with bread and fish. This is reminiscent of the feeding of the people of Israel as they sojourned in the desert. Remember manna, that mysterious bread-like substance that covered the ground in the morning that was given by God to feed the Hebrew people. The faithful Jews in the crowd that day would hardly fail to notice and connect the two events. Therefore, that Old Testament event was prophetic.

Looking at this Gospel at prison last week, one of the men had a revelation. “Maybe this was the first Mass!”

In a very real sense every meal and partaking of food is Eucharistic which is why in Orthodox tradition every meal begins and ends with prayers of blessing and thanksgiving. Why? Because all of life is sacrament!

It takes only a short leap to connect the feeding of the Hebrews in exile and the feeding of the 5,000, with the Eucharist. From the barrenness of this world we are invited to experience God’s all-pervasive grace by receiving the New Manna which is the Lord’s body and blood. One of the overarching themes of the feeding of the 5,000 and of every miracle is this: God is here and now and cares for us. He connects with us through the material of this world. This miracle, therefore, is also sacramental.

4) Every teaching of Jesus and every miracle he performed has a social element.

So does this one. He says to his disciples, “You give them something to eat.” He says the same to us. “Feed the hungry clothe the naked, welcome strangers, visit those who are sick and in prison.” In other words, “Do as I do.” I like the Dalai Lama’s prescription for the ending of world hunger. It is simply this, “Share.” Thus, this miracle has an ethical dimension.

“Bread for myself is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one.” amen ❤
Therefor the remains of bread or left overs food ,in our house it remain in our fridge and it important for keep alive yes another poor people who have empty stomach than the question is: why to put unto garbage ? if jesus our lord and God to respect pur daily bread who we work and make sacrifice ? we should ever put that all unto the garbage ? again is that important question ,? who rich people dont considerate ? think all of you much better and after open your soul your mind your heart make and put concection between them and share give to thouse who dont have in JESUS name who you said : profes and reclaim ? as a DR SAID AND THINK THE SAME all here my thought go over that over our brothers who are ot only 5000 to feed ,but millions .. think about it and about your life .
Dr Psychologist ELENA EKATERINA ITALY ❤