“When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire in place, with fish laid out on it, and bread.” (John 21:9)
In Sunday’s Gospel, the disciples catch 153 fish in an extraordinary way. But Jesus already has fish to give them on the shore. Jesus multiplied their catch not in order to give them food but to give them faith, to help them recognise him.
The extraordinary graces that Jesus works through us, he could do equally well without us, but he acts through us because it helps us love him when we realise he shares his work with us.
