Jesus Knows our Spiritual & Physical Needs

In today’s Gospel passage from St. John, we hear how Jesus tends to the needs of the people that continue to follow Him wherever He goes. Jesus knows their spiritual and physical needs and thus feeds them so as to satisfy them in every way. Through His preaching and teaching Jesus fills the people with hope and the knowledge that God cares for them. Taking five barley loaves and two fish and blessing them, feeds the five thousand people, having food left over. This miraculous action again fulfills and satisfies the people and they recognize the deep care that God has for them and for us. The people come to believe in all that Jesus tells them and they desire to continue to follow Him and grow in their faith. May we too, do likewise each day and allow the hand of the Lord to feed us spiritually and physically, as God answers all of our needs.
Blessings, Fr. Fred