began to blow a gale. The waves spilled over into the boat, so that it was soon filled with water. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a
cushion. They woke him up, and said, “Master, don’t you care if we drown?” And rising up, Jesus rebuked the wind, and ordered the
sea, “Quiet now! Be still!” The wind dropped, and there was a great calm. Then Jesus said to them, “Why are you so frightened?
Do you still have no faith?” But they were terrified, and they said to one another, “Who can this be? Even the wind and the sea obey him!”
REFLECTION:
In the Jewish tradition, if wind, darkness and water comes together it
will generate chaos. And chaos is the abode of the devil. In our gospel, the
boat containing Jesus and His disciples were buffeted by strong winds and
waves in near darkness. But Jesus sleeps peacefully amidst this turbulence.
His disciples were afraid. They wake Him up and immediately He displayed
His mastery over the elements. We are reminded of how creation began, it is
when God imposed order in the primordial chaos that life began. In Jesus,
creation is once again renewed because He will restore order to the world
brought in chaos by sin.
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