And already the hour was late and his disciples came to him and said ‘This place is deserted. And the hour is late. Send them away, so that they can go into the surrounding country and villages and buy for themselves something to eat. 

But he answered: ‘Give to them something to eat yourselves.’

And they said to him: ‘Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii of bread  and give that to them to eat?’

But he said to them ‘How many breads do you have? Go and look!’

When they found out they said ‘Five, and two fish.’

And he ordered them to sit everyone down in groups, on the green grass. 

And they sat in groups of hundreds and fifties. And having taken the five breads and the two fish, looked up to heaven, said a blessing and broken the breads , then he gave it, again and again to his disciples to distribute to them, and he divided the two fish among them all. 

And everyone ate and they were satisfied, 

and they collected fragments, enough to fill twelve baskets, and of the fish. 

And those who had eaten were 5,000 men. 

Grant, Lord,
that we may hold to you without parting,
worship you without wearying,
serve you without failing;
faithfully seek you,
happily find you,
and forever possess you,
the only God,blessed now and for ever.
Amen

St Anselm