Acts 5 : 34-42
John 6 : 1-15
In its 2000 over years of existence, the Church had undergone many trials and tribulations.
When the Church was split into the Eastern and Western Church in 1054, people thought it was the end of Christianity.
During the 16th century when the Church was corroding from corruption and immoral practices, and when the Protestant Reformation came along, people thought it was the end of the Church.
In this present time, we hear of the terrible scandals in the Church, and we begin to get shaken.
We wonder what has become of the Church and what is the Church all about?
Yet we cannot negate the fact that the Church is divine as well as human.
As Gamaliel puts it in the 1st reading - if this is of human origin, it will break up of its own accord.
We are crushed and confused by the scandals of the Church.
Yet we still have the mission of feeding those who still hold on to their belief in God and in the Church.
God has given us the five loaves and two fish. We cannot just sit there and rot with it.
With the grace of God, we must rise and embark on the mission of feeding and healing those whose faith was shaken and shattered by the scandals.
We only need to entrust ourselves into the hands of God who is merciful and compassionate.