1 John 4:11-18 / Mark 6:45-52
There are two ways that we can look at life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle (Albert Einstein)
But why is it that some see nothing as a miracle while others see everything as a miracle?
The 1st reading will give us some indication of where the difference lies.
"No one has ever seen God; but as long as we love one another God will live in us and His love will be complete in us".
Now isn't that a great miracle? As long as we love one another God will live in us! It is certainly a miracle that God would want to make His dwelling in weak and mortal humanity.
But that's the miracle of love. Love makes all things possible and love sees everything as a miracle and love would also see where God is.
In the gospel, we heard that when the disciples saw Jesus walking on the water, they thought it was a ghost and they cried out and they were terrified.
As the last line of the gospel puts it - because they had not seen what the miracle of the loaves meant; their minds were closed.
In other words, the disciples had not understood the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves was an expression of the love of God.
Probably up till then, they were still not loving one another and hence there is fear instead of love.
In the Eucharist, we receive God's love in Holy Communion. May we love one another, then we will see that everything is a miracle.