Monday of the Third Week of Easter
(Acts 6:8-15; John 6:22-29)
In today’s gospel Jesus performs another sign. It is subtler than feeding more than five
thousand with five barley loaves and two fish.
Yet its meaning has all the feeding’s profundity. After providing bread for the multitude,
Jesus goes to the mountain alone while his disciples return to their boat
anchored in the lake. That night,
however, Jesus, walking on water, catches up to them. All are transported seemingly in one swoop to
Capernaum.
When the people arrive in the city, they are amazed to see
Jesus. His sudden appearance is the sign
whose implication is that he comes from heaven to reveal God’s love. As Jesus says, they are interested in him because
he could give them food, not because he is from God.
Perhaps we also are more taken up more with the miraculous
movement of Jesus than with its meaning.
Let us take note that he comes from God to share his divine life with
us.
