They all ate and were satisfied.

“Where can we buy enough food for them to eat?” Jesus said this to test him, because he himself knew what he was going to do." (John 6: 5 - 6).

This is the prelude to the Miracle of the Multiplication of the Loaves.  This miracle is critical to the the Mission of Jesus to establish the Kingdom of God amongst men.  Note that this is not a haphazard event since "He himself knew what he was going to do." The Multiplication of Loaves point squarely to the Miracle of the Eucharist, the subject of most of Chapter 6 of the Gospel of St John.

What did Jesus do on this occasion?
"Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were reclining, and also as much of the fish as they wanted."   (John 6: 11).

On the night before He died, "Jesus took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and giving it to his disciples said, “Take and eat; this is my body.” Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you,  for this is my blood of the covenant, which will be shed on behalf of many for the forgiveness of sins." (Matthew 26: 26 - 29).

The Eucharist is not a happy chance event in the ministry of Jesus.  To use the words of Prophet Isaiah:
"O Lord, I will honor and praise your name, for you are my God; you do such wonderful things! You planned them long ago, and now you have accomplished them, just as you said!"  (Isaiah 25: 1).

The Eucharist is the symbol of God's inexhaustible bounty and generosity.
 “Gather the fragments left over, so that nothing will be wasted.”  So they collected them, and filled twelve wicker baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves that had been more than they could eat."  (John 6: 12 - 13).

We have a foreshadowing of this miracle in today's first Reading where Prophet Elisha commanded:
“Give it to the people to eat, for thus says the Lord: You will eat and have some left over.”  He set it [20 barley loaves] before them, and when they had eaten, they had some left over, according to the word of the Lord."  (2 Kings 4: 43 - 44).

Therefore come with a joyful heart without hesitation or excuses to the Table of the Lord:

"All you who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come, buy grain and eat;
Come, buy grain without money, wine and milk without cost!"  (Isaiah 55: 1).

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