Comments on: Miracle of the Loaves

By: Arkanabar Ilarsadin

Arkanabar Ilarsadin — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:28:08 +0000

One of the reasons that people pick on the miracle of the loaves and the fishes is because it IS about the Eucharist. Those who loathe God probably loathe nothing more than His gift of His own flesh and blood to us.

By: nativity

nativity — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:45:10 +0000

DECREE ON ECUMENISM
UNITATIS REDINTEGRATIO

INTRODUCTION

1. The restoration of unity among all Christians is one of the principal concerns of the Second Vatican Council. Christ the Lord founded one Church and one Church only. However, many Christian communions present themselves to men as the true inheritors of Jesus Christ; all indeed profess to be followers of the Lord but differ in mind and go their different ways, as if Christ Himself were divided.(1) Such division openly contradicts the will of Christ, scandalizes the world, and damages the holy cause of preaching the Gospel to every creature.

By: c-kingsley

c-kingsley — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:56:52 +0000

I wonder why do all these “smart” people pick on this one miracle? If you don’t like miracles, the gospels are a “target-rich environment”, like that raising from the dead thing. Or do they just like to start with this one?

I heard a Jesuit priest preach the lame homily once. Sometime in the next 5 years or so he left the priesthood. I guess once you deny the miraculous, what’s the point in being a priest anyway?

Mark 8:19: When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They said to him, “Twelve.”
no, this is better–>> “Well, YOU broke five loaves, and then everyone got out the food they brought with them. What’s your point? Are you suggesting that YOU fed them all?”

There we go, a nice modern translation.

By: Claire

Claire — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:29:15 +0000

Lame is right: I mentioned in this column over the weekend that the priest who writes the gospel commentary in our weekly Diocesan newspaper said the same thing, that Jesus didn’t multiply anything, he just got the disciples to share. Thank you for a much more theologically accurate commentary.