Gifts of Hope

Key Passage
When [the people] were satisfied, he told his disciples, "Gather up the fragments left over, so that nothing may be lost." So they gathered them up, and from the fragments of the five barley loaves, left by those who had eaten, they filled twelve baskets. (John 6:12–13)
Questions
Adults: When has the generous gift of another offered you hope?
Children: What loving gift could you give to another person this week?

Readings

First Reading • Elisha: The Multiplication of Loaves
2 Kings 4:42-44 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)
Psalm
Psalms 145:10-11, 15-16, 17-18 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)
Second Reading • Unity in the Mystical Body
Ephesians 4:1-6 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)
Gospel • Multiplication of the Loaves
John 6:1-15 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)
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