Feeding Men

Dixit ergo Jesus: 'Facite homines discumbere.' Erat autem faenum multum in loco. Discubuerunt ergo viri, numero quasi quinque millia. 'Homines,' quia rationales, et non animales debemus esse in mensa Dei. Animalis homo non percipit ea quae sunt Spiritus Dei. Quorum Deus venter est: et gloria in confusione ipsorum qui terrena sapiunt. Homines enim sunt qui non minus verbum Dei esuriunt, quam cibum sumunt corporalem. Augustinus: Non solae vobis fauces sumant cibum: sed et aures esuriant verbum Dei. Sanctus Albertus Magnus, Commentarium in Joannem, Caput VI Source: Here, p111

Therefore Jesus said, 'Make the men sit down.' For there was much grass in that place. So the men sat, to the number of around five thousand. 1 'Men,' because we should be as reasonable beings and not as animals at the table of God. 'The animal man does not grasp the things of the Spirit of God.' 2 'Whose God is their stomach, and they glory in their shame, those who know the things of the earth.' 3 Men they are who do not eat less the word of God than they consume worldly food. Augustine: 'Let not only your mouths consume food, but let even your ears hunger for the word of God.' 4 Saint Albert The Great, Commentary On The Gospel of St John, Chapter 4 1 Jn 6.10 2 1 Cor 2.14 3 Phil 3.19 4 Augustine Letter 211.8 and Rule cap 3