Gospel: John
6:16-21
When it
was evening, the disciples of Jesus went down to the sea, embarked in a boat,
and went across the sea to Capernaum. It had already grown dark, and Jesus had
not yet come to them. The sea was stirred up because a strong wind was blowing.
When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the
sea and coming near the boat, and they began to be afraid. But he said to them,
“It is I. Do not be afraid.” They wanted to take him into the boat, but the
boat immediately arrived at the shore to which they were heading.
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Reflection:
Where do
you go when you are fearful or when there’s an absence of peace in your life?
Do you go to Jesus and ask Him to calm you and give you peace? As we continue
to live we will be encountering many fears and many of these fears will certainly unsettle us. Yes we worry about these fears yet after a while we also learn to
submit everything to Jesus and once we do we already have peace.
While the
disciples were on a boat on their way to Capernaum they encountered a strong
wind and they were certainly bothered by it. What would have happened if Jesus
was with them? Jesus could have told them, keep calm don’t worry for I am with
you. But Jesus was not with them so they were all fearful.
Many
fears bother us when there’s an absence of Jesus in our life. Why? Because there’s
an absence of stability and peace. Even if a person is rich if he/she doesn’t
have Jesus there would certainly be absence of peace and calmness.
You will
only have peace in your life if you have Jesus, if you don’t have Jesus expect
the absence of peace to bother you. Wealth will not give you peace; power will
not give you peace only Jesus will give you this elusive peace. – Marino J.
Dasmarinas
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