Read John 6:1-15; see if this article can be of help too.
1. The feeding of the multitude is a "sign" (cf. v. 14) seen by everyone as such but wrongly understood. Until this event, there have been other signs (cf. 6:2) all of which speak of God's visitation among His people: the changing of the water into wine, and the healing of a dying boy, apart from the healing of the sick mentioned at the beginning of the chapter. In John 4:48, Jesus had said "Unless you people see signs, you would not believe." ("Jews seek signs", Paul would write to the Corinthians). The crowd saw the sign but they interpreted it wrongly, provoking Jesus to withdraw in solitude (v. 15)
The Lord continues to act today giving us his body and blood in the Eucharist, pregnant sign (=sacrament) of union with Him and with all those He has redeemed by his blood. How do you value the sign of the Eucharist in your own life? How do you deepen your understanding of it?
2. At the end of the episode, the crowd concluded: "Truly this is the Prophet, the one who is to come into the world." To their minds, he was "the Prophet like Moses", the one expected to come (cf. Deut. 18:15-18).
In John 1:9 he is described as the True light that was coming into the world. It is the Light that gives life. The crowd misunderstand not only the sign but also the person of Jesus. They were waiting for the Prophet who would usher in the moment of Israel's vindication against the nations that have tried to enslave them. They wanted to make Jesus king who would then liberate them from Rome. They wanted someone who could secure for them the prosperous life of Messianic times. But Jesus' kingdom is not of this world. It is ironic that when the Procurator of Judea, the Roman Emperor's lieutenant in that part of the Mediterranean, would present Jesus as the "King of the Jews" this crowd is nowhere to be found. At the moment when Jesus' body is shown wounded and bloody, the Jews would choose a king of this world, Caesar, as their emperor.
The abundant food of the miracle in John 6:1-15 was associated with secular leadership. They are no different from us who think of the abundant life as resulting from the favorable conditions created by good politics and sound economic programmes on the one hand and one's unhindered pursuit of financial well-being on the other. Like the crowd, we miss the truth that the abundant life is a gift from Him who was broken up for our sakes and whose blood was shed for all.
Everyday, we pray "Give us this day our daily bread." It is a prayer for sustenance sufficient for the day. The God who took care of the Israelites with just enough manna for the day is presented to us by Jesus as "Our Father" who in His loving providence give us the True Bread from Heaven and sustains us in this life.
In this light, how do you see our Eucharistic celebrations as the expression of gratitude to Him who gives us life? How do you see your life -- as a mother, father, son, daughter, career-person, laborer, etc. -- within the context of this act of thanksgiving?
