"DO YOU NOT YET HAVE FAITH?"
Having died with Jesus on the cross means that the life we live now is
in every way "a new creation." We no longer see things as we did
before!
God spoke to Job
"out of the storm" (Jb 38:1) and "hushed the storm to a gentle
breeze" (Ps 107:29.) In today's Gospel, Jesus Christ displays this power.
Awakened by his
disciples, Jesus told the wind to settle down. The wind ran out of breath; the
sea became smooth as glass. Jesus then uses these strong words to his
followers: "Why are you such cowards? Don't you not yet have faith?" The disciples were in absolute awe and
staggered. "Who is this, anyway?" they asked, that even the
"wind and sea are at his beck and call?"
Such display of
Jesus' power enables us to better appreciate what St. Paul tells us in
Corinthians today: He writes to explain the consequence of the death of Christ.
Recalling that "one died for all," he says that "therefore, all
have died." Having died with Jesus on the cross means that the life we
live now is in every way "a new creation." We no longer see things as
we did before! The old order has passed away and that the new heavens and the
new earth have been established by Jesus' death and rising, in which we share
because of our own baptism.
Awake Now!