HE SEEKS GREATER FAITH
Jesus showing again that He is God-with-us in all our storms.
The world has seen
its share of disasters this past year, both natural, floods, hurricanes, and
tornadoes, and man-made.
We also experience
our own personal catastrophes: illnesses, deaths, losses of jobs and homes.
Some of us even see the crumbling of families and relationships. There are
plenty of storms to overcome throughout our lives, including the storm in today's
Gospel. Yet once we start to trace the various ways the Bible uses the sea as
an image of chaos, we also begin to understand that the storms that drench us
and threaten to take us under aren't necessarily the ones found in a forecast
on the Weather Channel. Rough seas and storms take many forms; like the ones
mentioned at the beginning of my reflection. When we are swamped, our prayer
might echo the disciples' plea, "Lord, save us! We are perishing!"
Like in the Gospel story with the disciples in the boat, Jesus again calms the
chaos, and we then find ourselves safe in the arms of our heavenly Father. Jesus
showing again that He is God-with- us in all our storms.
In our Responsorial
Psalm we acclaim: O Lord, Your mercy is before my eyes, because we walk with
you (Ps 26.) Jesus always works to bring His calm and peace in our life no
matter what storms we face.
Out of destruction
and death, God does amazing things!