Daily Lesson for October 15, 2020

 Today's Daily Lesson comes from John chapter 6 verses 1 through 14:

After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias. 2 A large crowd kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. 3 Jesus went up the mountain and sat down there with his disciples. 4 Now the Passover, the festival of the Jews, was near. 5 When he looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?” 6 He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he was going to do. 7 Philip answered him, “Six months’ wages would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little.” 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, 9 “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish. But what are they among so many people?” 10 Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was a great deal of grass in the place; so they sat down, about five thousand in all. 11 Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated; so also the fish, as much as they wanted. 12 When they were satisfied, he told his disciples, “Gather up the fragments left over, so that nothing may be lost.” 13 So they gathered them up, and from the fragments of the five barley loaves, left by those who had eaten, they filled twelve baskets. 14 When the people saw the sign that he had done, they began to say, “This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world.”

St. Augustine once said, "There is always enough of that which is meant to be shared."

Our problem is not one of scarcity. There is plenty to go round. Our problem is distribution. It's excessive accumulation. We have a problem with sharing.

So no wonder it was a child who made the miracle in the Biblical story. For it's children who are told day by day to share with their siblings and friends and they believe it's what they're supposed to do. They still believe there's enough if we share.

No wonder we adults won't let them run for president. For they'd probably make us do as we've said, and not as we've done.

NOTE: We are reading the whole Bible through this year. Tomorrow's Lesson comes from Matthew 15 and Mark 7.