Dear Holy Trinity family,

Our God is truly an amazing God. He loves us so much that through the most Holy Trinity we are able to experience His graces in such varied ways, and that is shown to us in our Gospel this weekend. We have been invited to pray with Matthew's version of the miracle of the feeding of the five thousand. Other than the Resurrections, this miraculous feeding of such a great number of people is the only miracle story to appear in all four of the Gospels. As we pray and meditate on this miraculous feeding we are invited to remember how much our God truly cares about us. Jesus takes just a handful of fish and bread, gives thanks to God, breaks the bread, distributes the bread, and everyone was satisfied. If this doesn't sound like what we participate in every time we come to Mass, we need to focus a little bit better. Our God satisfies us in every need we may have, we have to simply trust Him. There's a popular interpretation of this miracle that suggests those gathered with Christ were inspired by his generosity with his meager means that the people began to share what they had with others. This is a nice thought but it doesn't bring out the fullness of the miracle, though getting people to share can seem like a miracle sometimes. Whenever we encounter a miracle in sacred scripture we must take it as it is. Jesus truly changed water into wine, he truly opened the eyes of the blind and the mouths of the mute, Jesus truly made the lame walk, Jesus truly rose Lazarus from the dead, and Jesus truly fed five thousand men, not including women and children, to satisfaction. With our faith in God, even if it is as small as a mustard seed, our God desires to nourish us and satisfy us in His way.

- Fr. Jonathan