18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) - Matt 14: 13-21

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🗓️ 11 August 2023

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Matthew 14: 13-21 - 'The feeding of the five thousand.'

Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:

- 1335 (in 'The Signs of Bread and Wine') - The miracles of the multiplication of the loaves, when the Lord says the blessing, breaks and distributes the loaves through his disciples to feed the multitude, prefigure the superabundance of this unique bread of his Eucharist (abbreviated).

- 1329 (in 'What is this Sacrament called'?) - The Breaking of Bread, because Jesus used this rite, part of a Jewish meal when as master of the table he blessed and distributed the bread, above all at the Last Supper (abbreviated).

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0:00.0	Hi everyone. Welcome back to Logical Bible Study, the Catholic podcast that's all about taking a look at the scriptures from an academic perspective, in particular, trying to discern the literal sense of scripture.
0:22.9	What does it mean on the most fundamental level?
0:25.2	What is the author trying to communicate to their audience?
0:29.7	Today we're looking at Matthew chapter 14 versus 13 to 21.
0:33.9	So we'll read the text.
0:35.4	It's quite a well-known one.
0:37.0	And then we'll try and pull it apart a bit.
0:38.6	What is going on with the words of this text?
0:40.9	What do they mean in their original context?
0:43.4	How should we take them?
0:44.9	So Matthew chapter 14, verses 13 to 21.
0:50.8	When Jesus received the news of John the Baptist death, he withdrew by boat to a lonely place,
0:57.2	where they could be by themselves. But the people heard of this, and leaving the towns,
1:03.3	went after him on foot. So as he stepped ashore, he saw a large crowd, and he took pity on them
1:10.3	and healed their sick.
1:12.7	When evening came, the disciples went to him and said,
1:16.1	This is a lonely place and the time has slipped by.
1:19.9	So send the people away and they can go to the villagers to buy themselves some food.
1:25.7	Jesus replied, there is no need for them to go. Give them something to eat
1:30.8	yourselves. But they answered, all we have with us is five loaves and two fish. Bring them here to me, he said.
1:40.2	He gave orders that the people were to sit down on the grass. Then he took the five loaves and the two fish,
1:47.0	raised his eyes to heaven and said the blessing.
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