Gospel: Matthew
8:23-27
As Jesus
got into a boat, his disciples followed him. Suddenly a violent storm came up
on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by waves; but he was asleep.
They came and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!” He said to
them, “Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?” Then he got up, rebuked
the winds and the sea, and there was great calm. The men were amazed and said,
“What sort of man is this, whom even the winds and the sea obey?”
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Reflection:
What is
faith? Faith is the fuel that keeps us going in the midst of uncertainty. When
the disciples were being tossed by a violent storm they suddenly were overcome
by fear. They did not cling to their faith in Jesus considering that HE was
also with them. That’s why Jesus told
them: “Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?”
Don’t we
allow ourselves also to be paralyzed by our unfounded fears? For example, the
fear of dying, the fear of sickness and so forth, we often times allow
ourselves to be paralyzed by these uncertainties in our lives. However, what if
we pray to Jesus and ask Him to help is befriend death, sickness and everything
that we fear?
Then,
fear will be erased from our mindset permanently, if we have faith in Jesus we
need not fear anything that may come to us. Our faith in Jesus is more than
enough to strengthen us and conquer all our worries in life.
Next time
that we face storms in our lives let us be still, keep calm and firmly hold on
to our faith in Jesus. Even if what is ahead of us is a little bit hazy let us
have faith. Let us continue to believe that Jesus will never forsake those who
believe.
Let us
continue to have a laser like focus and faith in Jesus, let us not give space
for fear in our hearts. For fear is an instrument of the devil to sway us away
from the loving care of Jesus.
If you
think you lack faith, humbly ask the Holy Spirit to give you the gift of faith.
And strengthen it further by your active prayer life, by reading the Holy bible
and by your presence at Holy Mass. - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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