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Feeding of the five thousand
2 sermons with this topic
July 9, 2023
Unidentified (likely parish priest)
The preacher reflects on the Gospel account of the feeding of the five thousand with five loaves and two fish, emphasizing that Jesus' miracles are real and continue in our lives today. He shares a parable about a preacher who used a trivial story about a donkey's shadow to illustrate how people are often more interested in meaningless tales than in the eternal truths of God's word. The sermon concludes by urging the faithful to receive Christ as the living bread and living water, and to open their hearts to God's presence.
John 6 (Bread of Life discourse); Feeding of the 5000 (Gospel account)
July 17, 2022
Unidentified parish priest
The preacher reflects on translating a children's funeral service from the Armenian Mashtots (ritual book), which leads to a meditation on Christ's special relationship with children. Drawing on the Gospel story of the feeding of the five thousand, the preacher highlights that it was a child who offered the loaves and fish to Christ. Children, unlike adults, do not understand limitations—they naturally grasp the limitlessness of God's love. The sermon calls adults to adopt a childlike outlook, bringing whatever meager gifts they have to Christ and trusting Him to make them enough, thereby participating in God's infinite, boundless love.
Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:30-44; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-14; Mark 10:14; Matthew 19:14