Food Drive: 'You give them something to eat' (Part 1)

Dear friends,

Year and year again, we read St. Mathew 14:15-17, the passage of feeding the 5000 people.

"As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a remote place, and it's already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food." Jesus replied, "They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat."
"We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish," they answered."

2000 years later, Jesus is saying the same to his disciples; "you give them something to eat". The 12 disciples, where poor and had left their homes to follow Jesus and did not have much at their disposal in terms of wealth. We are the current generation of the disciples of Jesus Christ. The difference that we have from the 12 disciples, is that we have much more than five loaves of bread and 2 fish at our disposal.

The Great Lent is a perfect time to do our share of due diligence in feeding the less fortunate.

We have kept a box in the church and this weekend will be the final week of the food drive benefitting the local area food bank. Please drop any nonperishable food items in the box.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Thanks,
Rajesh

Part 2: Why should we help to feed the less fortunate?