Quiet! Be still!

“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.” (MK 4: 38-39)

How often we need this kind of intervention from Our Lord—“the wind ceased and there was great calm”–all kinds of hurricanes, tornados and earthquakes when our family members’ lives are in danger because, extremely overwhelmed, “we are perishing.” Our Lord always responds when we ask.

“God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone who believes in him might have eternal life.” (Gospel Acclamation)