A Hope That Does Not Disappoint
Second Lesson Sermons For Sundays After Pentecost (First Third) Cycle C
After hearing in Sunday school about Jesus feeding the 5,000 from five loaves and two fish, a little boy was watching his mother make sandwiches and said, "Boy, Jesus sure must have sliced that bread awfully thin!"
Throughout time, grain and bread have been powerful symbols of life, vitality, sharing, nurture, the family, and even wealth. To produce or gather grain was the first requirement of life. To store it and hoard it was the first sign of wealth. To share it was the first sign of hospitality. We call it breaking bread together, even today.
Bread And Life
