Hunger can lead you to the satisfaction Christ offers. Fullness and abundance can lead to graciousness, kindness, and delight in Christ. Jesus is enough for all.

God created a world in which all who are thirsty could come to the water. God's hand opens, and the desires of every being are addressed. But many are still waiting for their share—not a banquet, just enough food to feed their children, their elders, their expectant mothers, their breadwinners.

He took the five loaves and two fish, lifted his face to heaven in prayer, blessed, broke, and gave the bread to the disciples. The disciples then gave the food to the congregation. They all ate their fill.

As director Michael Moore concluded in his 2002 documentary exploring violence in America, Bowling for Columbine, what sets violent America apart from other countries is a steady diet of gloom and doom.

Brothers and sisters, let us acknowledge our sins, and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.

God wants God’s people to return and gather, expressed in the image of the divine banquet. There God’s love is manifest in the total feeding of the people both spiritually and materially.

When we share what we have, modest though it may seem, and ask God to bless our efforts, good will come of it. We will be provided with what we need in order to fulfill the task at hand. Reach out to someone in need and see for yourself.

Like the Eucharistic feast that nourishes our heart and soul, every meal we eat with mindfulness, each bite we take with gratitude, has the power to transform us inside and out, for all time. —Mary DeTurris Poust