"Can the multiplication of loaves and fishes be scientifically explained? Or is today's Gospel really a miracle? For some modern minds, this passage is an obstacle, one requiring study and interpretation.
"Some have tried to altogether sanitize this passage, explaining it as 'a miracle of sharing.' . . . Rather than believe that Christ performed an extraordinary feat, these and other demythologizers argue that the crowd that gathered to hear Jesus simply shared their resources.
"The first problem with the rationalist account is: that's not the apparent meaning of the text. The Gospels report no availability of food, such that it would cost 200 days' wages to purchase. The mere five loaves and two fish are miraculously multiplied to provide for the assembly. They weren't a little short . . . there was no food.
"But there is a greater problem lurking in the rationalist interpretation. . . ."In a
recent commentary, Father Patrick Briscoe, O.P.,
reflected on the multiplication of loaves and fish as proclaimed in the Gospel according to St. John and on how it reveals more to us about God than we might think.
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Aleteia: Fr. Patrick Briscoe, OP: 3 Lessons from Loaves and Fishes (25 JUL 21)
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