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500 Years
500 Years
500 Years
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YELL MAKING
-When he called the lost, the least and the last; when he
healed the sick, when he liberated those who were captives
of different forms of oppression; when he liberated the
people from the power of Satan; when he brought the Good
News to the people; When he fed them with bread; When
he taught us the values of the Kingdom of God; When he
gave himself up in obedience to the Father’s will, so that we
may be redeemed; we see that humanity has at last received
something great, something important.
to be loved and to love
WHAT DOES IT
MEAN TO
LOVE?
QUESTIONS TO PONDER:
- Jesus did not only will and desire what is good for us. He
also wants us to will the good of our neighbor.
- greatest commandments
- story of the Good Samaritan
JOHN: FEEDING OF THE FIVE
THOUSAND

MARK
MATTHEW LUK
E
“Q
”
This could possibly mean that historically speaking, Jesus
really fed five thousand people. It must have really
happened and…
The story must have a very powerful impact on the
disciples and the Gospel writers that they all seemed to
have agreed to include them in their Gospel accounts.
Although present in all the four
gospels, there is a particular
detail in the Gospel of John
that stands out, that is different
from the synoptic Gospels.
What is it?
But what can we get from this very particular detail from
the Gospel of John? What does it teach us?
How do we relate this to our theme: Gifted to give?
UNKNOWN GIVER
He took the loaves and fish, said the blessing and distributed it to
others.
Gifts that pass through the
hands of a generous person
multiplies
THESE ARE THE SAME ACTIONS IN THE
EUCHARIST
In the Eucharist, God gives no less than His very self to
us…
1. What are my five loaves and two fish?
2. Am I willing to give or to share with my neighbor the five
loaves and two fish that I have received?