Let me begin by taking a poll, and raise your hands good and high: How many of you like leftovers? How many of you do not care for leftovers? (My wife would agree with you.) How many of you could go either way: they’re not preferred but you’d eat them anyway?
Whenever I ask a group of teenagers to share their favorite story about Jesus, today’s Gospel is the one that always comes up (Luke 9:11b-17). “So much food!” they say. I think one of the reasons this is also such a memorable miracle story is the “go big” nature of it. Jesus doesn’t just give the hungry crowds a little to tide them over, but fills them with so much food that there are leftovers. Read More
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