Sunday, June 30, 2013

7/2/2013 – Tuesday of the 13th week in ordinary time – Matthew 8:23-27

       Sometimes there can be a lot of stormy weather in our lives.  We can be dissatisfied with our work or we can lose our job.  A marriage or a friendship or a close relationship can end through death or through an argument or through a divorce.  We can be overwhelmed with our lives or by what is going on in the world around us.  We can be the victim of an act of violence.  We can feel like we are in a boat that is being tossed about in the seas.  We can cry out to the Lord with all our might as the disciples did in our Gospel reading today.  Christ responds to us with a question: “Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?”  The storms can still go on in the world around us, but Christ will calm the storms that we are feeling on the inside.  Christ will be there to comfort us and to bring us strength.  We can lash out at life no matter what the circumstances are.  We can lose our temper and feel like we have no patience with anything in our lives.  Or we can let Christ calm the seas that are ranging inside of us.  The storms still may be raging on the outside, but no matter what, we can experience the peace of Christ on the inside. 

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