Whenever we talk about hunger, it usually means the longing for food to fill an empty stomach.
So hunger and food is usually connected to one another in an obvious way.
In the gospel, the people were in a lonely place to hear the the teaching of Jesus.
It got late, and the people got hungry, and the disciples thought of sending them off so that they can get their own food.
But Jesus showed that just as He is the Word made Flesh, He is also the Bread of Life.
He blessed whatever little bread available and fed the five thousand and there was even an excess of twelve baskets of scraps.
We have known physical hunger and we have known how good it is to be filled and satisfied.
But there is always an inner hunger that needs to be filled.
The 1st reading tells us to love one another since love comes from God.
It is love that can fill that inner hunger so that we can experience contentment and God's deep love for us.
May we also love one another so that we too can fill each other's hunger with God's love.