Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass, and taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. The four eucharistic actions — took, blessed, broke, gave — are the same four actions that will appear at the Last Supper (Matthew 26:26). The feeding of the five thousand in the wilderness is the anticipation of the eucharist; both events communicate the provision of the kingdom through the breaking and giving of bread. The disciples who distribute what Jesus broke are the mediators of the divine provision to the human community.

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