5 August 2024 -- Monday of the 18th Ordinary Week, even-numbered year
Jer 28, 1-17; Mt 14, 13-21
HOMILY
This multiplication of loaves, recorded in the Gospel we have just read, is the only miracle of Jesus that is reported by each of the four evangelists. This clearly shows the importance attributed to it by the first Christians. Each Gospel wants to show Jesus in its own way as the new Moses, capable of feeding his people in solitude and leading them through the desert. Matthew, in the version of the story we have just heard, explicitly describes Jesus coming to the desert, surrounded by a crowd without food.