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SUNDAY GOSPEL
Jesus Feeds a Crowd
Narrator: Jesus taught a crowd about the Kingdom of God. He healed those who were sick. The Apostles came to him at the end of the day.
Apostles: Jesus, tell the crowd that your teaching is over for the day. They need to go to the villages and farms to get food to eat. There is no food near here.
Jesus: Give them some food yourselves. Apostles: We only have five loaves of
bread and two fish. We would have to go out and buy a lot more food to feed such a large crowd.
Narrator: There were five thousand men there. There were women and children too.
Jesus: Tell the people to sit down in groups of fifty.
Narrator: The Apostles arranged the crowd as Jesus said. Jesus took the five loaves and two fish and looked
up to Heaven. He said a blessing over the loaves and fish. He broke them and gave them to his Apostles to share with the crowd.
Jesus: Set out the food for the people. Narrator: They all had plenty to eat.
The leftover food filled twelve baskets.
KNOW
How did the five loaves and two fish feed everyone?
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2 What are other stories about
Jesus eating with people?
Catholic Faith Word
Consecration The Consecration is the part of the Mass when the priest says the words Jesus used at the Last Supper and the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Jesus.
Connecting GOSPEL We Remember
and DOCTRINE
and Believe
Jesus feeds a large crowd with only five loaves and two fish. He changes bread and wine into his Body and Blood. We don’t know how Jesus does these things, but we believe in him and his power.
Jesus shares his Body and Blood with the Apostles at the Last Supper.
He asks us to remember him in the same way. At Mass, the priest says Jesus’ words over the bread and wine. We believe that when the priest says these words, the Holy Spirit changes the bread and wine into Jesus’ Body and Blood.
Go to page 22
of your Catechism handbook to learn more about the Liturgy of the Eucharist.
Good News Body and Blood of Christ
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The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Luke 9:11b–17
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