Gospel: John
6:1-15
Jesus
went across the Sea of Galilee. A large crowd followed him, because they saw
the signs he was performing on the sick. Jesus went up on the mountain, and
there he sat down with his disciples. The Jewish feast of Passover was near. When
Jesus raised his eyes and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, he said to
Philip, “Where can we buy enough food for them to eat?” He said this to test
him, because he himself knew what he was going to do. Philip answered him, “Two
hundred days’ wages worth of food would not be enough for each of them to have a little.” One of his
disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to him, “There is a boy
here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what good are these for so
many?” Jesus said, “Have the people recline.” Now there was a great deal of
grass in that place. So the
men reclined, about five thousand in number. Then Jesus took the loaves, gave
thanks, and distributed them to those who were reclining, and also as much of
the fish as they wanted. When they
had had their fill, he said to his disciples, “Gather the fragments left over, so
that nothing will be wasted.” So they collected them, and filled twelve wicker
baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves that had been more than they
could eat. When the people saw the sign he had done, they said, “This is truly
the Prophet, the one who is to come into the world.” Since Jesus knew that they
were going to come and carry him off to make him king, he withdrew again to the
mountain alone.
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Reflection:
How
strong is your faith in Jesus? A man of faith would always say, everything is possible
for Jesus but a man who has no faith would fail to see the infinite power of
Jesus.
In our
gospel Jesus saw the large crowd who was after Him. Jesus tested the faith of
Philip by saying to him, “Where can we buy enough food for them to eat?” Philip
answered him, "Two hundred days?' wages worth of food would not be enough
for each of them to have a little.'" With his negative reply Philip failed
his own test of faith.
Soon
after, Philip saw the miracle of the loaves and fish before his very eyes. With
five barley loaves and two fish Jesus nourished the famished five thousand
people and they had twelve wicker baskets with fragments to spare.
In our
discipleship with Jesus we must always be reminded to walk by our faith and not
by our sight. If we desire for something that is noble and worthy and we think
that it’s very impossible for us to achieve it. Let us reflect on it and let us
check our faith meter it may be very low already if this is so, let us pray to
Jesus for the grace of increase of faith.
Let us
not forget that Jesus fed the five thousand with five barley loaves and two
fish. Thus, Jesus makes all things possible. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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