Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 14 :13-21

GOSPEL 

“Looking up to heaven, he pronounced the blessing; he broke the loaves, gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowd ” 

Alleluia. Alleluia.

Man does not live by bread alone,

but by every word that comes out of the mouth of God.

Alleluia. (Mt 4,4b) 

Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 14 :13-21 

At that time,

    when Jesus heard of the death of John the Baptist,

he withdrew and went in a boat

to a deserted place, out of the way.

The crowds heard about it

and, leaving their towns, they followed on foot.

    On disembarking, he saw a large crowd of people;

he was seized with compassion towards them and healed their sick. 

    When evening came,

the disciples approached him and said to him,

“The place is deserted and the hour is already late.

Send the crowd away:

let them go to the villages to buy food! "

    But Jesus said:

" They do not need to go.

Feed them yourselves. "

    So they said to him:

" We only have five loaves of bread and two fish there. "

    Jesus said,

" Bring them to me. "

    Then ordering the crowd to sit down on the grass,

he took the five loaves and the two fish,

and looking up to heaven,

he said the blessing;

he broke the loaves,

he gave them to the disciples,

and the disciples gave them to the crowd.

    They all ate and were satisfied.

They picked up the pieces that remained:

that made twelve full baskets.

    Those who had eaten were about five thousand,

not counting the women and children. 

  - Let us acclaim the Word of God.