One of the characteristics of Catholic theology on the Eucharist is its realism. According to the Catholic faith, the consecrated bread and wine do not symbolize, represent or evoke the Body and Blood of Christ, but are the Body and Blood of Christ in a real,...
This Sunday’s Gospel passage continues Jesus’ teaching on the bread of life. Let’s take a brief look at it. A crowd has gathered in a lonely place to listen to Jesus. In pity for them, Jesus has multiplied five loaves and two fish to feed them, and...
Today’s Gospel passage links with the one we read last Sunday. Jesus multiplied loaves and fishes to give a sign to the multitude of the abundance of the gift he has brought; to give a sign that he is the only one who can satisfy the deep hunger for meaning and...
The account of the multiplication of the loaves, together with that of the transformation of water into wine at the wedding feast of Cana and that of the miraculous catch of fish in the Sea of Galilee, are the three miracle narratives that have to do with food offered...
“Shepherd” is a word that, in its original sense, belongs to the field of animal husbandry. Applies to those who care for small livestock such as sheep and goats. They are animals to be guided to pasture and water; to be gathered at night in the corral; to...
