FOOD FOR ALL The Word Exposed with Cardinal Tagle (July 28, 2024)
Summary
TLDRIn this episode of 'The Word Exposed,' the focus is on the biblical theme of generosity and God's provision. The script delves into the Gospel story of Jesus feeding 5,000 people with five loaves and two fish, emphasizing the abundance that comes from sharing and God's blessings. It also references the story of Elisha and the barley loaves, illustrating God's ability to multiply resources. The sermon encourages viewers to be agents of God's love, reflecting on social factors that hinder provision for all and the role of young people in God's plan of salvation. The program concludes with a call to action for viewers to embody the teachings of Jesus in their daily lives.
Takeaways
- 🙏 The feeding of the 5,000 is a testament to Jesus' miracle and the generosity of a boy with five barley loaves and two fish.
- 📝 In the first reading from the second book of Kings, Elisha feeds 100 people with 20 barley loaves and some grains, emphasizing God's provision.
- 🍞 The hand of the Lord feeds us, satisfying all our needs, as highlighted in the responsorial Psalm.
- ❤️ St. Paul urges Christians to live humbly, gently, and lovingly, preserving unity and peace within the community.
- 📖 The readings encourage sharing our gifts, whether material like food or spiritual like discipleship, to build up the community.
- 🎁 Gifts must remain gifts and should be circulated according to God's will to ensure abundance for all.
- 🌍 The disparity between hunger and food waste is a scandal and a sin, urging us to rethink our approach to resources.
- 👶 Young people have a significant role in God's plan, as shown by the boy in the Gospel who shared his food.
- 👑 Historical figures like David, Solomon, Jeremiah, and Mary were called by God at a young age, indicating the potential of youth in God's work.
- 🙌 The church and society must support and guide young people, recognizing their talents and helping them navigate challenges while modeling good behavior.
Q & A
What is the main theme of the Gospel reading discussed in the video?
-The main theme of the Gospel reading is the miracle of the feeding of the 5,000, where Jesus, with the help of a boy's five barley loaves and two fish, feeds a large crowd and demonstrates the abundance of God's provision.
How does the first reading from the Second Book of Kings relate to the Gospel reading?
-The first reading from the Second Book of Kings also involves a miracle of multiplication, where Elisha feeds 100 people with 20 barley loaves and grain, and there is food left over, similar to the abundance seen in the Gospel reading.
What is the significance of the boy's generosity in the Gospel story?
-The boy's generosity in offering his five barley loaves and two fish is significant because it serves as the catalyst for Jesus's miracle, demonstrating that even small acts of giving can lead to great abundance when blessed by God.
What lesson does the second reading from the letter to the Ephesians convey?
-The second reading from the letter to the Ephesians emphasizes the importance of living a life worthy of one's calling, marked by humility, gentleness, patience, and love, in order to maintain unity and peace within the Christian community.
How does the homily connect the readings to contemporary issues of hunger and food waste?
-The homily connects the readings to contemporary issues by highlighting the scandal and sin of hunger and food waste in today's world. It calls for a mindset shift towards generosity and sharing, as demonstrated in the biblical stories.
What role do young people play in God's work of salvation according to the video?
-Young people have a special role in God's work of salvation as demonstrated by biblical figures like David, Solomon, and Jeremiah, and by the boy in the Gospel story. The video emphasizes their potential to contribute to the faith and the church.
What message does Pope Francis have for young people, as mentioned in the video?
-Pope Francis reminds young people that Jesus's love remains constant despite failures and mistakes. He encourages them to walk with Jesus, who will help carry their burdens and guide them through life's difficulties.
What social factors are mentioned as preventing God's plan of providing for all?
-The social factors mentioned include the focus on profit, conquest, and the resulting hunger and malnutrition, as well as the waste of food in some parts of the world, which prevent the circulation of gifts as intended by God's plan.
How can individuals become agents of God's bountiful love according to the video?
-Individuals can become agents of God's bountiful love by sharing their gifts and resources, living out their discipleship through humility, gentleness, and love, and contributing to unity and peace within their communities.
What is the significance of Jesus giving thanks before distributing the loaves and fish in the Gospel story?
-Jesus giving thanks before distributing the loaves and fish signifies his recognition of these items as gifts from God. This act of thanksgiving acknowledges God's providence and sets the stage for the miracle of abundance.
Outlines
📖 Generosity and Abundance in Jesus' Miracle
The video introduces the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, focusing on the Gospel story of Jesus feeding 5,000 people with five barley loaves and two fish, provided by a generous boy. This miracle emphasizes that with Jesus' blessing, there was abundant food for everyone, and even leftovers. The reading from the second book of Kings parallels this miracle, where Elisha feeds a hundred people with a small offering, showing God's provision and abundance.
🙏 Living Worthy of God's Calling
The second reading from the letter to the Ephesians urges believers to live in a manner worthy of their calling, with humility, gentleness, patience, and love. The reading emphasizes preserving unity and peace in the community. The narrator connects this message to the present-day issues of hunger and food waste, highlighting the scandal and sin of these problems. The story of Elisha feeding a hundred people with limited resources is reiterated, stressing faith in God's word and the importance of circulating gifts to ensure everyone is satisfied.
🕊️ The Gift of Discipleship
The video explains the gift of being called to discipleship, as discussed in the second reading. It highlights that this gift should not be kept to oneself but shared through relationships with others, marked by humility, love, and unity. The reading emphasizes that discipleship remains a gift and becomes permanent through sharing. The proclamation of the Holy Gospel according to John is recounted, where Jesus feeds 5,000 people, demonstrating the power of giving and the abundance that follows when gifts are shared in faith.
🍞 The Miracle of Multiplication
The video reflects on why gifts stop becoming gifts, leading to hunger and waste. It reiterates Elisha's story, emphasizing reliance on God as the supreme giver. The Gospel recounts Jesus feeding the 5,000, showing that in Jesus' hands, small gifts become abundant. The video underscores the importance of maintaining the mindset of gifts and sharing them, rather than being driven by profit and conquest, which leads to hunger and inequality.
🌍 Young People and God's Work of Salvation
The video discusses the significant role of young people in God's work of salvation, citing biblical examples like David, Solomon, Jeremiah, and Mary. It highlights the story of the boy who offered his loaves and fish, leading to the feeding of 5,000. The second Vatican Council's recognition of the youth's importance is mentioned, emphasizing their potential to witness God's love and contribute to society.
🕊️ Challenges and Opportunities for Youth in the Church
The video addresses the joys and challenges of working with young people in the church. It acknowledges their knowledge, talent, and energy, while also recognizing their vulnerability to negative influences. Pope Francis' message to the youth about Jesus' unconditional love and support is shared, encouraging young people to walk with Jesus. The video concludes with reflection points on social factors preventing God's plan of provision and ways to be agents of God's love.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Generosity
💡Barley Loaves
💡Gift
💡Discipleship
💡Unity
💡Multiplication of Loaves
💡Prophet
💡Faith
💡Thanksgiving
💡Scandal
Highlights
The 17th Sunday in ordinary time features the Gospel of the feeding of the 5,000, emphasizing the abundance made possible through the generosity of a boy and Jesus's blessing.
The story from the second book of Kings about Elisha and the multiplication of the 20 barley loaves to feed 100 people, illustrating God's provision and the importance of faith over practicality.
The significance of the boy's five barley loaves and two fish in the Gospel, which, when blessed by Jesus, fed a crowd of 5,000 and resulted in 12 baskets of leftovers.
The message that God
Transcripts
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Chia you are watching the word exposed
let us behold Jesus the word incarnate
revealing himself to us in the Sunday
readings
we are on the 17th Sunday in ordinary
time in today's Gospel we would hear the
familiar story of the feeding of the
crowd about 5,000 in number they were
able to feed all of them because of the
generosity of a boy who had five barley
Loaves and two fish which Jesus blessed
St John tells us that when everyone had
their fill the disciples were still able
to collect 12 wicker baskets of
fragments from the five barley loaves
this sign made the people to realize
this is truly the prophet the one who is
to come into the
world friends we must remember that with
the generosity of the boy and Jesus's
blessing there was abundant food for all
first
reading a reading from the second book
of
Kings a man came from ball shalisha
bringing to Elisha the man of God 20
barley loaves made from the first fruits
and fresh grain in the ear Elijah said
give it to the people to eat but his
servant objected how can I set this
before a 100 people Elisha insisted give
it to the people to eat for thus says
the Lord they shall eat and there shall
be some left over and when they had
eaten there was some left over as the
Lord had
said the word of the Lord
[Applause]
the hand of the Lord feeds us he anwers
all our
needs the hand of the Lord feeds us he
answers all our
needs the Lord is gracious and
merciful slow to anger and of great
kindness the Lord is good to all and
compassion and
to all his word
the hand of the Lord feeds us he answers
all our
needs the eyes of all the hope forthy to
you and you give them their food and
juices you open your hand and satisfy
the desire
of every living
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thing the hand of the Lord feeds us he
anwers all th
needs the Lord is just in all his
ways and holy in all his word
work the Lord is need to all who call
upon him to all who call upon him in
[Music]
true the hand of the Lord feeds us he
answers all our
needs the hand of the Lord feeds us he
anwers all un
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second
reading a reading from the letter to the
Ephesians brothers and sisters I a
prisoner for the Lord urge you to live
in a manner worthy of the call you have
received with all humility and
gentleness with patience bearing with
one another through love
striving to preserve the unity of the
spirit through the bond of Peace one
body and one Spirit as you were also
called to the one hope of your call one
Lord One Faith one
baptism one God and Father of all who is
over all and through all and in
all the word of the
Lord there is food for
all now when we hear news of
hunger in many parts of the world the
lack of food the lack of clean portable
water when we see uh images of children
suffering from malnutrition
and then we also see how much food is
wasted are we not scandalized and uh you
know this is not just a
scandal this is a sin this is a
sin we should be
disturbed our readings are really good
news that we should receive
but as we receive it we hope it will
convert or change our
mindsets in the first reading from the
second book of
Kings Elisha the prophet the
successor to
Elijah as a holy man receives
offerings barley Loaves and grain
now you know he was known to be a holy
person and so he received this gifts or
offerings from
Believers having received these
gifts he instructed his
servant to give this food to the
people so the gift that he has received
received now he wants to be given as a
gift to the people my dear brothers and
sisters let us let me repeat that the
gift he has received now he wants to
give as a gift to others the
servant was more
practical calculating he said uh no how
can this uh be
sufficient for 100 people we have 20
barley Loaves and some grains we are
feeding a 100 people this is not
possible so when you calculate you know
yeah he's he's telling the truth but
then Elicia said do it thus says the
Lord ah
while the servant started
calculating Elisha just depended on the
word of the Lord the order of the Lord
the Lord who wants gifts to
circulate and the servant did as
instructed they were able to feed the
100 people and there was a lot left over
the gift circulates and when the gift
circulates according to God's word then
everyone is satisfied and there is
something more
left in the second reading St Paul is
talking of another gift not the gift
anymore of bread and grain but the gift
of our calling
of our calling to be Disciples of
Jesus he said do not waste that gift
exert every effort to make that gift
permanent but how how can the gift of
being a disciple of Christ endure how
can it be permanent not by locking it in
a closet not by keeping it and
preserving it and saying this is mine no
the gift of discipleship your vocation
remains a gift and will become permanent
if you get out of yourself if you go out
of yourself if you share that gift to
others how by being
gentle
humble
loving by bearing with one
another by Liv living in
Love by preserving the unity and peace
that should Mark the community of
disciples the gift you have received now
go and
give concretely through your
relationships with
others for you are called not only to
relate with God but to be part of the
body of
Christ my dear brothers and
sisters the gift that we have
received calling from God a
talent
resources they should remain
gifts what we have received give as a
gift
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the proclamation of the Holy Gospel
according to
John Jesus went across the Sea of
Galilee large crowd followed him because
they saw the signs he was performing on
the sick Jesus went up on the mountain
and there he sat down with his disciples
the Jewish feast of Passover was near
when Jesus raised his eyes and saw that
a large crowd was coming to him he said
to Phillip where can we buy enough food
for them to eat he said this to test him
because he himself knew what he was
going to do
Philip answered him 200 days wages worth
of food would not be enough for each of
them to have a little one of his
disciples Andrew the brother of Simon
Peter said to him there is a boy here
who has five barley Loaves and two fish
but what good are these for so many
Jesus said have the people recline now
there was a great deal of grass in that
place so the men reclined about 5,000 in
number then Jesus Took the loaves gave
thanks and distributed them to those who
were reclining and also as much of the
fish as they wanted when they had had
their fill he said to his disciples
gather the fragments left over so that
nothing will be wasted so they collected
them and filled 12 wicker baskets
with fragments from the five barley
loaves that had been more than they
could eat when the people saw the sign
he had done they said this is truly the
prophet the one who is to come into the
world since Jesus knew that they were
going to come and carry him off to make
him King he withdrew again to the
mountain
alone the gospel of the Lord
there is food for
all
yes food is a gift of
God and as a gift it must continue
becoming a
gift but
why does the gift stop becoming a gift
producing hunger
malnutrition and then in other parts of
the world so much wasted
why can they not be continue becoming
gifts in the first reading Elish
Elisha received 20 barley Loaves and
some grains as an offering to him as a
holy man he instructed his servant to
feed a 100 people with him and the
servant was right how can that be
sufficient but the response of
Elijah thus says the
Lord let us rely on the
Creator let us rely on this supreme
Giver the Lord promised they will eat
and there will be something left and it
happened a gift remains a gift and there
will be much more for the next
meal in the second reading St Paul talks
about another gift
gift not anymore bread but our
calling we should share that gift of
discipleship through gentleness
humility
forgiveness love unity and
peace this is the gift we have received
as disciples let us share that gift and
build up the community and build up
human Humanity in peace and unity do not
keep or waste that
gift in the gospel from St uh St John we
are close to the Feast of
Passover and people were flocking to
Jesus for they had seen the
signs of his
healing the signs in the gospel of St
John were supposed to be
Avenues towards Faith they should help
people
discern who is Jesus and who sent
him okay and people were in that process
they were beginning to see signs and we
hope that they would come to Faith
through those
Signs Now Jesus had an idea he saw the
crowd s and according to the gospel as
the Feast of Passover was coming close
so you can almost uh relate this to the
Eucharist Jesus knew what he want wanted
to do but he sort of tested his
disciples so he asked Phillip no where
can we find
food for this people for their hungry
and Philip
calculating in his mind because there
were around 5,000 people he said Woo to
feed this crowd we need
probably 200 days wages the
salary uh of 200 days so that we'll have
enough money to buy food for 5,000
people and uh we don't have that we
don't have that
Andrew came and said well there is a boy
here uh who had five loaves of bread and
some fishes but again how can that be
sufficient but Jesus Jesus heard but did
not even debate with them he just
shifted let us prepare the meal let them
recline he took the five loaves of bread
gave thanks meaning he recognized these
are gifts you give thanks for
gifts and then distributed the bread and
he did the same with the fish everyone
had food and there was something left to
fill 12
baskets with the gift the meager gift
from this
boy in the hands of Jesus becoming again
gifts of God there is food for
everyone and there is food for others
who need food later
on
gifts without forgetting gifts
unfortunately in our
world gift is not anymore the
determining
mindset
profit and when you are driven by
profit you reduce
gifts even the gifts that you are
capable of giving gets
reduced
Conquest you try to uh get more
land and that's the the purpose of many
of our Wars right
now no one wants to
give they just want to Claim by all
means reducing people to
hunger my dear brothers and sisters this
is a scandal this is a sin Let Us learn
again from Jesus and from this little
boy gifts must remain gifts and put them
in the hands of Jesus who will give
thanks to the father and in the act of
Thanksgiving will give food to all there
is food for
all the word has been exposed let us now
fulfill it
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do you agree that young people have a
special role in God's work of
Salvation David for example was around
15 years old when he was anointed king
of Israel the wise Solomon was in his
early 20s when he became king the
Prophet Jeremiah was also Young when God
called him to become God's mouthpiece
and in fact God told him not to feel
insecure due to his young age because
God will be with him even Mary was young
when the angel proclaimed God's mission
for her and she accepted it in the
feeding of the 5000 it was a boy who
offered his Five Loaves and two fish to
Jesus which satisfied the large crowd
and they still had baskets of leftover
bread this means that young people have
a special place in God's mind and heart
he trusts them he has confidence in
their capabilities talent and
openness thus when the Catholic Church
went through a renewal through the
second Vatican Council the young people
were specifically
addressed the council recognized that
the youth are the ones who would form
the Society of
tomorrow that amidst many challenges
they might witness to the certitude of
the existence of a just and good God
that they might see in the church the
face of Christ who is their companion
and friend
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brothers and sisters it is a joy to work
with the young people in different
Ministries in the church they possess
knowledge and talent passion and
creativity they have much energy and
many stories to share but quite sadly
they are also vulnerable to many things
that weaken character and judgment that
discourage and frustrate them and they
prompt that prompt them to walk away
from the church and we cannot exactly
blame our young friends brothers and
sisters because we adults are not always
good
examples but we can offer the best model
that they can look up to
Jesus Pope Francis reminds our young
friends that Jesus's love is unaffected
by one's failures and mistakes that in
walking with him one would find someone
who would carry with them the burdens
and difficulties of life will you walk
with Jesus
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we have prepared reflection points for
you please share them with your
companions the first point is what
social factors prevent God's plan of
providing for
all the second point is how can we be
agents of God's Bountiful love
Heavenly Father you have blessed this
humble program with a decade of mission
on air you have gifted it with the
talents hard work and financial support
of many generous people so that as your
word is exposed many more may know love
and serve
Jesus Lord Jesus be with with us always
your production staff and partners your
viewers and
benefactors that we may not run out of
Courage Zeal and charity in fulfilling
our mission daily and when our
limitations and weaknesses surface
please ask the father to send the Holy
Spirit to purify us and set our hearts
on fire with renewed faith hope and love
so we may serve you for many more years
to come
amen friends thank you for your company
we pray that the word of God would find
fulfillment in your life and His
blessings be always upon you and we hope
you could be with us again next Sunday
here on the word exposed
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