{"id":176,"date":"2009-03-26T20:08:34","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T20:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/frtonynoble.org\/wordpress\/?p=176"},"modified":"2009-03-26T20:08:34","modified_gmt":"2009-03-26T20:08:34","slug":"lent-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/frtonynoble.org\/?p=176","title":{"rendered":"Lent 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHRIST OUR PASSOVER IS SACRIFICED FOR US<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON MARCH 22nd<\/sup>, 2009<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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John 6:11 “Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks he distributed them.”<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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The feeding of the 5,000 is one of the best known stories in the Gospels. It is significant because it actually features in all four of the Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>This is not always the case – many of the miracles and incidents only occur in perhaps some of the first three, or only in John.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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As usual, when we look at Saint John’s record of this event we see some differences.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The first one is that Jesus’ multiplication of the loaves to feed the 5,000 is called a sign. Saint John has several significant events which he describes as a sign. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The first one – at the beginning of his ministry – was the Wedding at Cana, when he provided more wine because the wine had run out. Saint John finishes the description of that miracle by saying: “This, the first of signs, he did at Cana in Galilee.\u00a0 <\/span>He let his glory be seen.”<\/em>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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He let his glory be seen in the changing of water into wine.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>So for Saint John the glory of the Christ is seen in what he does – as simple and as ordinary as it may be. There was no lightening or thunder, just this simple sign. Just ordinary situations where there was a need:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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