Isaiah is the prophet of Advent because his vision of the Lord’s coming is inspired. Speaking of a banquet which the Lord will prepare for all peoples, He foresees that the Lord will destroy “The sheet that is spread over all nations; He will swallow up death forever. Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces and the disgrace of His people He will take away from all the earth”.
Jesus went up the mountain, Isaiah’s mountain of the Lord; and here comes the lame, the maimed, the blind and the mute, and Jesus cures all of them. The Lord has truly come to wipe away the tears, to restore the lost souls, and heal our weaknesses.
Jesus sees a vast crowd with no food. He says: “I have compassion for the crowd because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat:” The crowd was determined to follow Him because their food had been the Lord’s own words. It must have been inspiring and kept them both physically and spiritually alive.
Here is the answer for their trust - that no one who waits for the Lord will be disappointed. He rewards them with the multiplication of loaves and fish that more than satisfies them all, to the extent that seven baskets of leftovers were collected. They have made themselves hungry for Him, and He has not disappointed them.
Jesus feeds the crowd with seven loaves of bread and two fish brought by the disciples. Here is the true meaning of offering what we have and God delights to use whatever we offer to Him. Though meager and insufficient, He will bless it: it will be enough for all.
Advent is the season of spiritual journey, listening to the Word of the Lord attentively, pray whole-heartedly, that He may come to satisfy our hunger and thirst.