25


"This is Tabgha, the Place of the Loaves and Fishes, the Church of the Multiplication. You will see the mosaic and the stone table where the multiplication begins."


"Now that's a true miracle isn't it?" Elizabeth glances at Rory. Despite her pale complexion and pale eyes, she looks almost impish.


"Naw. Here is not a miracle but the sharing. When the crowd comes to hear Jesus, it is getting late and the people is getting hungry and restless, so Jesus tells his disciples to feed them. But the disciples have only the two fishes and the five loaves of bread, so Jesus breaks into pieces the little fishes and the chunks of bread, and when the people see he is sharing what he has, one man is remembering he brings a fish in his pocket. So he gets out the dried fish. Another man remembers he has the chunk of bread he is going to eat on the way horne, so he brings it out and breaks it in two, three pieces to give to his neighbors. It is the same through the crowd. People is getting out their lunch and sharing."


He does his usual gesture at the church. "Ifyou like, that is the miracle. All the people being made to feel guilty and getting fed because of the two little fishes and the five little loaves of bread."