This is the miracle: rather than a multiplication it is a sharing, inspired by faith and prayer. Everyone eats and some is left over: it is the sign of Jesus, the Bread of God for humanity.
St Peter's Square
Sunday, 2 June 2013
Yes I read that. He’s simply saying that 5 loaves did not become 5,000 loaves which were then split up. He’s saying that those 5 loaves were miraculously made capable (“this is the miracle”) of being shared out among the multitudes.