“Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish.” (John 6:9) The first person that the Apostles found out of a crowd of five thousand was a child. In Jesus' heart, children are closest to God, because they are pure in heart and they love God genuinely. Before speaking of the loaves and the fishes, the Apostle John deliberately spoke of the boy, which means that he who owns the five loaves and two fishes was someone very close to God. The miracle of 'five loaves and two fishes' is the prelude to Jesus' establishment of the Holy Eucharist. In order to participate in this grand Sacrament of Love, one must be pure in heart. By using only five loaves and two fishes Jesus fed five thousand. In the same way, with our daily bread and wine, Jesus blesses and transubstantiates them into His body and blood, nourishing all believers, so that they may share in a life with God. The five loaves and two fishes also symbolizes the gifts that we offer up to God: our labour, our life, our time, because all these things are required to build the body of Christ - The Church. However, these things must be offered out of our own free will, just as the little child willingly and generously donated his loaves and fishes to the Apostle Andrew.