Jesus Feeds Five Thousand
Matthew 14: 15-19 New Living
Translation
That evening the disciples came to him and said, "This
is a desolate place, and it is getting late. Send the crowds
away so they can go to the villages and buy food for themselves."
But Jesus replied, "That isn't necessary--you feed them."
"Impossible!" they exclaimed. "We have only five
loaves of bread and two fish!"
"Bring them here," he said. Then he told the people
to sit down on the grass. And he took the five loaves and two
fish, looked up toward heaven, and asked God's blessing on the
food. Breaking the loaves into pieces, he gave some of the bread
and fish to each disciple, and the disciples gave them to the
people.
The story from the
Gospel of Matthew tells how Jesus fed 5,000 people with just five
loaves of bread and two fish. Augsburg College is one of six colleges
in the United States who participates in the Campus Kitchens program,
through this program we take the extra food from Augsburg and
area stores and distribute it throughout the community. Augsburg
College is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of
America (ELCA) and as part of Augsburg’s signature core
curriculum, first year students are required to take Religion
100, Christian Vocation and the Search for Meaning.
In Christian Vocation and the Search for Meaning we have studied
various books of Bible, both from the Hebrew Scriptures and the
New Testament. In the New Testament we learned about Jesus and
his teachings about loving everyone as your neighbor, the Golden
Rule. We have also learned that our vocation should be something
that we love to do and that fulfills us. Dietrich Bonhoeffer,
a man who contemplated and lived out his faith in Nazi Germany
by trying to make life better for all Germans is also someone
we have studied.
Throughout our time working at Campus Kitchens we have made friends
and bought joy to many people’s lives. Food is necessary
for all human life and by following the Golden Rule, Campus Kitchens
has allowed us to make life better for people in the community.
Campus Kitchens can also be a way for Augsburg’s students
to continue their faith by doing the work of the Lord. Campus
Kitchens allows students to apply their faith in the world, especially
since college is a time the tests one faith. Some people can also
use Campus Kitchens as a way to still be active in their faith
if going to mass does not fulfill them.
Augsburg College has given students the opportunity to participate
in religious doings through curriculum classes and extra-curricular
activities like Campus Kitchens. In all, if you are looking for
an opportunity to make a difference in someone else’s life
or in your own faith, Campus Kitchens would be a beneficial choice.
PROVERBS
-From the friut of
the mouth ones stomach is satisfied, the yield of the lips
brings satisfaction.
-Do not love sleep,
r else you will come to poverty; open your eyes and you
will have plenty of bread
-My child, eat honey, for it is good, and the dripping of the
honeycomb are
sweet to your taste.
-Honor the lord with
your substance and with the first fruits of all your
produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty,and your vats
will be
bursting with wine.
-A slack hand causes
poverty, but the hands of the diligent makes rich.
-From the fruit of the one is filled with good things, and manual
labor has its
reward.
-Those who despise
their neighbors are sinners, but happy are those who are
kind to the poor.
-All the days of the
poor are hard, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
-Whoever is kind to
the poor lends to the lord, and will be repaid in full.
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