Patriarch Daniel: Gifts multiply by blessing and sharing with peopletranslated

"Gifts are multiplied by blessing and distribution or sharing with people," explained His Beatitude Father Patriarch Daniel, on Sunday, at the historical "St. M. Mc. Gheorghe" Chapel of the Patriarchal Residence.

Quoting Saint John Chrysostom, His Beatitude showed that the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves is not only a manifestation of divine power, but also a lesson about communion.

"The Lord Jesus Christ, in the same desolate place, gave to the multitudes the same simple food and the same quantity for each man, to teach them humility, self-control and love, to be equal to each other and all the goods of the earth to be common".

Father Patriarch Daniel explained that this miracle reveals the fact that God's blessing bears fruit where there is man's willingness to give.

"The miracle of the multiplication of the loaves was a concrete reality, not a mirage, as Saint John Chrysostom specifies, that is, not an illusion, and the number of twelve baskets of crumbs means that Jesus wanted all the disciples, including Judas Iscariot, to know His power."

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