9 January
January 9th, 2010
“Truly you are the Son of God”
Mark 6 : 45 – 52
The Disciples see Jesus walking on the water, and they are terrified. They think they are seeing a ghost. Jesus says, “Take courage, it is I, do not be afraid.” He reveals His real identity, and reveals Himself as Lord of the Sea and the storm. Jesus’ presence is God’s presence. The Disciples have yet to understand that the one who multiples bread can also walk on water. They are witnesses to the feeding of the five thousand, but they fail to see what it is about. The Evangelist, Mark, puts it this way – their hearts are hardened. In Matthew’s version of this incident, however, the Disciples do Jesus homage by saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”
Prayer
Lord, we are your people who long to see your face. May we always desire an ordinary, humble way of life, for it is your way of holiness for us. Amen.
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Just a Thought
Hope
John XXIII, referred to as the ‘caretaker Pope’, realising the widening gap between the Church and the world of his day, wrote: “An old world is disappearing. Another one is being formed, and with this I am trying to conceal some good seed or other that will have its springtime, even if it is somewhat delayed, and comes after I’m dead.”
Thomas Merton writes: “One must not give in to defeatism and despair: just as one must hope for life in a mortal illness which has been declared incurable.”
Even when dark clouds surround us, even when everything appears to be falling apart, we must continue to believe for a better future. Whatever the problem, there is a way forward.
So, my hope is in God alone because I believe in him; this is my faith. It is in him I put my faith and that faith, my belief in God’s love for me and all his creation, is the bedrock in which like an anchor, I put my hope. Together with that hope and faith is my love and fidelity in responding to that God in whom I live and move and have my being. In him I place my hope.
“Hold fast to the hope that lies before us. This we have as an anchor of the soul” (Heb 6:15-19).
