+ There are a couple of interesting highlights from the readings
today. In the first reading, St. John continues his “discourse on
LOVE!” He is saying that anyone operating the love dynamic (whose origin IS God), experiences God. This is enormous!
But a corollary is also true, once we come to our senses and know this by
experience to be true, then two things automatically must follow: we pause if
only for a moment, to give thanks to God as a grateful child of his, and then
we operate the love dynamic with as many as we can – by helping them,
understanding them listening to them, encouraging them, standing by them in
their need, and even just having fun with them – thus making new friends and
acquaintances wherever you go – which will prove that the Jesus-love-dynamic works and that to be a member of God’s family we
simply have to believe it and use it often.
The gospel passage is a
classic: after showing the disciples that he can do anything at all required to
help people and to be compassionate to them by feeding 5000 of them with 5
loaves and 2 fish: now the wind was strong that night as the disciples were in
the boat going to the other shore – and when Jesus comes walking towards them
in the water they proved that they just did not get the magnitude of Jesus /
God’s presence that would be available to them from now on – they were fearful
and cried out: “It’s a ghost” – to which Jesus replies in so many words: “Relax
guys, it’s just me, Jesus” When he got
into the boat the wind died down – and they were just astounded.
The question for us is this:
do we “get” the enormity of Jesus’ reality and presence that is available to us
in so very many forms each day? especially
when we with his help operate the true and authentic love-dynamic? We
have so much more experience with him then the disciples had at this stage in
their walk with him. All we need do is simply to pause often during the day –
and experience Jesus really and truly present deep within our souls, our
hearts, our bodies – the wind and waves of the day will calm down every time –
Jesus will get into our boat and we can sail into smoother waters for the rest
of the hour or the day!
Glory
to you, O Christ, proclaimed to the Gentiles. Glory to you, O Christ, believed
in throughout the world. Amen.
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