Tomorrow’s gospel reading is the Multiplication of the Loaves and the Fishes, Matthean-style.

Let us know if you hear about the Miracle of Sharing – it’s always fun to read how many of you actually do.

If by "fun" you mean "depressing" and "maddening," of course.

(To clarify: It’s not that we decry a layered look at the Gospel, unpacking all of the wealth of meaning therein – being fed, the abundance of God’s love and care, our participation in the task, and so on.  No. "The Miracle of Sharing" is signalled when the homilist says, "The REAL miracle of the day was…")

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