In the Holy Land, the beautiful mosaics and the rock where Jesus is said to have placed the five loaves of bread and two fishes for the hungry people are beloved features of a rebuilt Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes.
Some people suggest that the mosaic artist didn’t know the story very well: There are only four loaves of bread in the basket, where each gospel says there were five. Where’s the other one, the one that made it possible to feed all those hungry people?
I think the artist knew the story more than we’d guess. Where’s the other one? Jesus is the other one–the bread that came down from heaven, the bread given for the life of the world.
This message is an excerpt from a Woman of the ELCA blog by Audrey Riley. Do you enjoy these free Daily Grace messages? If so, donate now to further the ministry.
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