I am unwilling to send them away hungry

First Reading: Psalm: Gospel:

Isaiah 25:6-10 Psalm 23:1-6 Matthew 15:29-37

Matthew 15:32  Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, "I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days, and have nothing to eat; and I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way."

Jesus gives us food to eat to nourish us.  It is called Eucharist, or Holy Communion.  The multiplying of the bread to feed the thousands is symbolic of how Christ's sacrifice and the bread that is his body is sufficient for all people, that is that it doesn't run out.

Jesus gives us this meal because he has compassion on us, he will not leave us as orphans, but we eat with him and the saints when we share this meal.

Father, help me by your Holy Spirit to see you in the breaking of the bread and to be comforted that you will provide for our needs.

Amen