“And when the leftover fragments were picked up, they filled twelve wicker baskets.” (Luke 9:17)

The miracle of five loaves and two fish is based on the pity of Jesus on the human being, because there is no food available in the wild. On the other hand, He wants to prepare His disciples for the Sacrament of Eucharist that He is going to set up. Luke describes the incident as follows: “Then taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing over them, broke them, and gave them to the disciples”, which is the same as how Jesus set up the Sacrament of Eucharist in the Cenacle – “Then he took the bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them”.

Jesus has promised the disciples that whoever follows Him will receive a hundred times in return. If Jesus is so generous already in terms of food, He will for sure be more generous when it comes to the benefit of the soul of every human being.

Food can provide human being with energy. The bread and blood of Christ not only provide human being with a healthy soul, but it also allows the transformation of the life of human being to be similar to that of God.

We share the life of God through the Sacrament of Eucharist. When our body returns to earth, it will indirectly receive the blessing, because our body will become the “body” of the earth. Thus, it won’t be difficult to understand what is stated in the Book of Revelations, “Behold, I make all things new.” (Revelations 21:5) Everything is sanctified in Christ’s name.