Feeding of the Five Thousand
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They Did Not Understand About the Loaves
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They Did Not Understand About the Loaves (Day 21 of A Simple Lent) Friday This is one of the most pointed moments in the gospel of Mark: Jesus has provided for the multitudes at a time when the disciples were exhausted and needed a break and Jesus wanted to give it to them, but he…
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All Ate and Were Filled
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All Ate and Were Filled (Day 20 of A Simple Lent) Thursday Outside of the Passion story or maybe Luke’s version of the birth story, there are few stories about Jesus that are as universally known as the Feeding of the Multitudes. If I were to ask you to tell the story, you probably could. It…
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Finding Abundance in Deserted Places
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Our Part in the Feeding of the Multitudes The challenge of the story as we receive it is that we think its all about Jesus and His magic hands. The Eucharistic metaphor gets us thinking that for sure. But the story isn’t about reversing scarcity, but finding abundance in deserted places. a Homily for Proper 13 A Text: Matthew 14:13-21…
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About the Bread
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a Homily for Proper 12B Text: John 6:1-21 Focus on the Feeding With the Feeding of the Five Thousand, we get one of the most recognizable stories of Jesus in the Bible. To many of us, this is quintessential Jesus. He feeds people. He performs a miracle. He instructs the disciples. He transforms how people…