The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes
by VP
Posted on Tuesday April 21, 2026 at 12:00AM in Tradition
The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes (La multiplication des pains) by James Tissot
"Q. Did Christ make any particular promise, as regards the Eucharist, before he instituted it?
A. Yes, a very clear promise, in St. John's Gospel, Chapter 6.
Q. Does this chapter regard the Eucharist?
A. Yes; even the learned Mr. Johnston, a Protestant, in his "Unbloody
Sacrifice," shows, at large, that the primitive Fathers understood this
chapter as referring to the Eucharist.
Q. Is there any thing remarkable in the first part of this chapter?
A. Yes; the astonishing miracle which Christ performed in feeding five
thousand persons, with only five loaves and two fishes, is here related;
and such a miracle was truly a suitable prelude to the introduction of
that miracle of miracles: the Holy Eucharist, by which He was, with
heavenly bread - that is, with His own Body and Blood - to feed all His
faithful followers. The very fact, that He wrought this astonishing
miracle, before introducing the subject of the Eucharist, shows that He
was about to speak on a matter that required strong faith in His
followers and audience. If He had merely to announce to them, that He
was going to give them common bread and wine, is it likely He would have
introduced it by such a tremendous miracle?" Source: Controversial catechism; or, Protestantism refuted, and catholicism established by Rev. Stephen Keenan 1874
- Was Jesus’ feeding of the 5,000 really a miracle of sharing?
- The Heresy of Denying a Miracle (A non-miraculous explanation for Christ’s feeding the 5,000 ignores the plain text of Scripture and does away with a host of Catholic beliefs)
