Listening “While they had dinner” of the

Passion of Victory”, let us meditate today’s

Eucharist

Cycle BCycle B17 DURING THE YEAR 17 DURING THE YEAR

As the Gospel of Mark is shorter, on Sundays 17-21 of cycle B, we have the theme of the Loaves of Bread and the

Eucharist according to John

Due to the importance, the multiplication of the bread’s loaves is in the middle of the 7

signs of John: 1 Cana, 2 royal official, 3 paralytic, 4 multiplication of loaves (middle)

5 walking on the waters, 6 blindman, 7 Lazarus

Jesus is the BREAD

of ALL

Outside the Church

Jn 6:1-15 After this Jesus went Jn 6:1-15 After this Jesus went away to the other side of the away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. And a large crowd of Tiberias. And a large crowd was following him, because was following him, because they saw the signs that he was they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick. Jesus went doing on the sick. Jesus went up on the mountain, and there up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. he sat down with his disciples. Now the Passover, the feast of Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.the Jews, was at hand.

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Do you have time to stop

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To you I offer the To you I offer the Paschal mysteryPaschal mystery

Inside the Church

Lifting up his eyes, then, Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, him, Jesus said to Philip, "Where are we to buy "Where are we to buy bread, so that these people bread, so that these people may eat?" He said this to may eat?" He said this to test him, for he himself test him, for he himself knew what he would do. knew what he would do. Philip answered him, "Two Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii would not hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each buy enough bread for each of them to get a little." of them to get a little."

More than money, More than money, you need will of you need will of

changechange

Do not Do not worry for the worry for the

crisis, but crisis, but for those for those

that always that always live itlive it

One of his disciples, One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said Peter's brother, said to him, "There is a to him, "There is a boy here who has boy here who has five barley loaves five barley loaves and two fish, but and two fish, but what are they for so what are they for so many?" many?"

Why do you Why do you lack so much lack so much

solidarity?solidarity?

With the loaves and fish that With the loaves and fish that you have you could allyou have you could all eateat

Altar of the multiplication of the loaves

Jesus said, "Have Jesus said, "Have the people sit the people sit down." Now there down." Now there was much grass in was much grass in the place. So the the place. So the men sat down, men sat down, about five about five thousand in thousand in number. number.

Do you make Do you make "common union?""common union?"

Sharing, you will discover Sharing, you will discover COMMUNIONCOMMUNION

Cloister

Jesus then took the Jesus then took the loaves, and when he loaves, and when he had given thanks, had given thanks, he distributed them he distributed them to those who were to those who were seated. So also the seated. So also the fish, as much as fish, as much as they wanted. they wanted.

Of East and West

My TABLE should be My TABLE should be filled with fellow dinersfilled with fellow diners

And when they had And when they had eaten their fill, he told eaten their fill, he told his disciples, "Gather up his disciples, "Gather up the leftover fragments, the leftover fragments, that nothing may be that nothing may be lost." So they gathered lost." So they gathered them up and filled twelve them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments baskets with fragments from the five barley from the five barley loaves, left by those who loaves, left by those who had eaten. had eaten.

Where there

is LOVE is God

You don't want to You don't want to lose nor a crumb of lose nor a crumb of

MISTERY...MISTERY...

When the people saw When the people saw the sign that he had the sign that he had done, they said, "This is done, they said, "This is indeed the Prophet who indeed the Prophet who is to come into the is to come into the world!" Perceiving then world!" Perceiving then that they were about to that they were about to come and take him by come and take him by force to make him king, force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by the mountain by himself. himself.

The show is noisy

Silence Silence changes changes heartshearts

Jesus, make us a broken Bread for all.

A Loave that You can MULTIPLY