FRIDAY APRIL 16, 2021 📖GOSPEL "He distributed to the guests, as many as they wanted" A Reading From The Holy Gospel According To John (6, 1-15)

FRIDAY APRIL 16, 2021 

📖GOSPEL 

"He distributed to the guests, as many as they wanted" 

A Reading From The Holy Gospel According To John (6, 1-15) 

At that time, Jesus passed across the Sea of ​​Galilee, the Lake of Galilee. A large crowd followed him, because they had seen the signs he performed on the sick. Jesus went up the mountain, and there he was sitting with his disciples. Now, the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near. Jesus looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming to him. He said to Philip: “Where can we buy bread so that they have something to eat? He said that to test him, for he knew very well what he was going to do. Philippe replied: "The salary of two hundred days would not be enough for everyone to receive a little bread." One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him: "There is a young boy there who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what is that for so many people!" Jesus said, "Have the people sit down. There was a lot of grass there. So they sat down, numbering about five thousand men. Then Jesus took the loaves and, after giving thanks, he distributed them to the guests; he also gave them fish, as much as they wanted. When they had had their fill, he said to his disciples, “Gather the excess pieces so that nothing is wasted. They gathered them together, and they filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves, left over for those who ate this food. as much as they wanted. When they had had their fill, he said to his disciples, “Gather the excess pieces so that nothing is wasted. They gathered them together, and they filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves, left over for those who ate this food. as much as they wanted. When they had had their fill, he said to his disciples, “Gather the excess pieces so that nothing is wasted. They gathered them together, and they filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves, left over for those who ate this food.

At the sight of the sign that Jesus had performed, people said: “He is truly the announced Prophet, the one who comes into the world. But Jesus knew that they were going to come and take him away to make him their king; then again he withdrew into the mountain, himself alone. 

The Gospel of the Lord.