“It takes a devoted trust and a realization that we cannot do it on our own, that Jesus is there, every step of the way, and will provide”

“Jesus knows he must satisfy their essential need, their felt need, first. And in doing so, he teaches us that the deeper need he has come to address is one that depends on him for satisfaction. In this moment, he teaches the glory of humility.”

“So let us seek the Lord, and seek him with all our hearts – and enjoy the miracle and wonder that he wants to give us”

“in the Gospel Jesus tells us that when God is active, there is always enough. God can find life in our darkest moments. If Jesus was able to feed five thousand people with a few barley loaves, then certainly we can count on God to be present in our time of need.”

“So at some point in this coming week when you feel a little bit overwhelmed, pause and ask God, ‘what can I give, what would you like me to give?’ You have a great riches, perhaps beyond what even you realize.”

“we can’t give God something he doesn’t already have but when we give to God what he doesn’t need he can return that gift, elevate it and transfigure for us”

“sometimes we must be like Jesus and ask questions of ourselves and our own communities. We must take into our heart the problems in front of us and ask of ourselves what solutions we might bring forth.”

“We’re all hungry for the bread of life, we’re all hungry for eternal life, nothing in this world can possibly satisfy the deepest longing of our heart. The only thing that can satisfy us is Christ himself.”

“God always exceeds anything we say about God and constantly escapes our attempts to define, contain and grasp God. So too the reign of God.”

“The gathering at Mass, the very act by which we come together is a function of this ongoing attractiveness of Jesus, undiminished down through the ages to the present day”

“When we all eat and drink Jesus Christ together we are conformed to him and therefore we are linked to each other”

“I have witnessed miracles occur through my hands but I cannot take credit for that. My faith is not so great. What I can do is silently meditate on how God uses each of us to reach out and help in small and simple ways. If more and more act with mercy and compassion we will create a wonderful world.”

“Indifference is ungodly. Charity is godly and at the same time the heart of the Gospels.”

“Jesus the Good Shepherd comes to us and satisfies our hunger with his presence”

“God’s love is not reducible to necessity or sufficiency but is maximal and lavish”

“The five fish and two loaves offered by a child in no sense could be calculated to feed a multitude, but they are a complete offering, symbolising the complete offering of the one who gives his life for the life of the world”

“We cannot be considered serious if we claim to love anyone, and especially impoverished people of this world, yet not be concerned with the injustices of society that diminish the dignity of every human being and human life itself”

“God longs to have that relationship with us. He longs to have that community with us, because He sent His Son to be with us”

“More often, God provides food and drink in a less miraculous, but more complete and cooperative way. For he holds in being the rain, the soil; the Sun, the light it sheds; the chloroplasts, their photosynthesis; the treading of grapes; the yeast and the fermentation process – and so water becomes wine.”

“Jesus sits on the mountain as teacher. Do we listen to him? Do we allow ourselves to feed on the Word of God?”

“Because he is the Word, we live from him. Because he is the Word become flesh, he places himself at our disposal, subject to the vulnerabilities and ambiguities to which all flesh is heir.”

“If you know you are worthy, if you know God answers your needs and God provides, it affects the way you live your call, your vocation”