Sermons

Introduction:

When you walk into a restaurant that is serving a buffet, the buffet is often called an "All You Can Eat" or more recently an "All You Care to Eat" buffet. You decide how much you want to eat. No one goes away hungry!
In this morning's gospel reading from John, Jesus offers a crowd of thousands an "all you can eat" meal. There is enough bread and enough fish for everyone gathered to eat as much as they wanted until they were full. This miracle of "Feeding the Five Thousand" is the only miracle story to be found in all four gospels.

This is certainly a powerful story, but is sometimes difficult to understand especially in light of people that live around us that are food insecure and people that live around us that do not have enough to eat to be satisfied. How do we respond to those who are hungry?

Jesus is the Bread of Life. Jesus may not be creating meals to feed 5,000 people every day, but we can be the hands and feet of Christ and help those in need in the world.