Gamaliel and the Miracle of Multiplication
Friday, 2nd week in Easter
Acts 5:34-42; Jn 6:1-15
Gamaliel proved a true God-fearing man and his words become a miracle. The Notice the beautiful connection made in the Liturgy of the Word today: there is a multiplication of the loaves reported in the Gospel but we see that unfolding in reality in the Acts, in the form of the Multiplication of the Christians. From a mere handful, the people of the Way begin to grow in leaps and bounds.
The miracle happened because of the following three reasons:
- the Apostles and the band kept God and God's Word above everything else, even above their own lives.
- the Apostles and the people considered it God's mission and not their own enterprise; they gave the entire credit to God.
- the Apostles had no other hidden agenda, for instance their own glory, making a living, or creating a following for themselves. They surrendered themselves totally to the Lord and they were multiplied!