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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Cyril of Alexandria
Nor was this all that the miracle came to; but it follows, And there was taken up of the fragments that remained, twelve baskets, that this might be a manifest proof that a work of love to our neighbour will claim a rich reward from God.
Western Saints
Ambrose of Milan
Not without meaning are the fragments which remained over and above what the multitudes had eaten, collected by the disciples, since those things which are divine you may more easily find among the elect than among the people. Blessed is he who can collect those which remain over and above even to the learned. But for what reason did Christ fill twelve baskets, except that He might solve that word concerning the Jewish people, His hands served in the basket? (Ps. …
Bede
Twelve baskets of fragments were taken up that were left over. What was left over by the crowds is gathered by the disciples, because the more sacred mysteries, which the unrefined cannot grasp, should not be neglected but sought by the perfect. For by the twelve baskets, the apostles are symbolized, and through the apostles, all the subsequent choirs of teachers, who, though outwardly despised by men, are inwardly filled with the remnants of the saving food to nurture the hearts of the humble. …
Bonaventure
Fourth, regarding the satiety of those eating, it is added: And they all ate and were satisfied, so that the word of the Psalm might be verified: "The poor shall eat and shall be satisfied, and they shall praise the Lord who seek him"; and that passage: "They ate and were exceedingly satisfied"; satisfied, I say, with the satiety of justice, concerning which Proverbs thirteen says: "The just man eats and fills his soul"; "for blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall be satisfied," Matthew five — not with …
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