Gospel: Mark 4:35-41
On that day, as
evening drew on, Jesus said to his disciples: “Let us cross to the other side.”
Leaving the crowd, they took Jesus with them in the boat just as he was. And
other boats were with him. A violent squall came up and waves were breaking
over the boat, so that it was already filling up. Jesus was in the stern,
asleep on a cushion. They woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care
that we are perishing?” He woke up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea,
“Quiet! Be still!” The wind ceased and there was great calm. Then he asked
them, “Why are you terrified? Do you not yet have faith?” They were filled with
great awe and said to one another “Who then is this whom even wind and sea
obey?
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Reflection:
There is a story of
a man who was so afraid of darkness. He feared darkness because he imagines
evil things coming out from it. For the same reason, when sleeping time comes
in the evening he tells his wife not to turn-off the light.
For many of us
evening or darkness depicts uncertainty, it registers fears in our hearts.
Notice when there’s a brownout in your community. Everyone would look for their
flashlights, candles or anything that could defeat darkness.
It was evening when
Jesus and His disciples were crossing to the other side of the lake. They were
in a boat and darkness pervades their environment, when out of the blue they
suddenly encountered a violent storm. All of them were running scared (who
wouldn’t be?) the fear of the violent storm coupled with darkness made them
momentarily forgot that Jesus was with them.
And then they
remembered that Jesus (the light of their lives and our lives too!) was with
them. He was soundly asleep, notwithstanding the violent storm, in the stern on a cushion. So they woke Him up and they asked Jesus for help. And right
in front of them Jesus rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Quiet! Be
still!” The wind ceased and there was great calm (Mark 4:39).
All of us pass thru
certain stretches of darkness and storms in our lives and we naturally fear it.
Many of us would want to avoid these stretches of darkness and storms. Yet we
cannot avoid it for these are part and parcel of our lives.
So what are we going
to do when we pass thru these episodes of storms and darkness? We always have
to remember that Jesus the light of our lives is always with us. We always have
to remember that no storms or darkness can break us down. For we have Jesus
walking with us and lighting our paths.
Are you passing
through a storm or darkness right now? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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