New American Bible. (2011). (Revised Edition., Lk 8:22\u201325). Washington, DC: The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\nThe most used means of transportation in the time of Jesus, was the boat.\u00a0And when He got into the boat, He called his disciples and invited them to go to the other side.\u00a0The Lord was in a room and asked the disciples get into the boat.\u00a0Then went to the other side.\u00a0The banks of the lake were the scene in which Jesus lived much of His public ministry.<\/p>\n
Let’s put us in this boat.\u00a0Suddenly comes the storm.\u00a0Luke, rich in detail, reports the unusual windstorm that struck the disciples.\u00a0The boat began to fill with water and they were in danger of death.\u00a0Frightened, they woke Jesus, who calmed the storm.\u00a0The disciples were amazed and astonished at such an event.\u00a0Who was this man that the sea obeyed Him?<\/p>\n
At that time, Jesus was regarded as a prophet because he did the things that several Old Testament prophets did;\u00a0however, the disciples began to realize that he was acting in first person.\u00a0Jesus said: quit, shut up, get up.\u00a0The Lord gave great proof of who He was when, while giving an order to nature, it obeyed Him.\u00a0The disciples realized that the Son of God had the authority of the Father<\/p>\n
We receive many graces, we experience miracles and healings, but run the risk of not knowing who Jesus is.\u00a0Many people who go to church have not had personal experience with Christ, not yet experienced the fruit of baptism in the Spirit, which is very strong.\u00a0Today, we must experience who Jesus is.<\/p>\n
Often the boat of our life, we pray, but believe Jesus did not listen to us, He seems to be asleep; He comes upon us a feeling that the boat will sink.\u00a0These boats are: our life, our marriage, our consecration and many other things.\u00a0Our prayer becomes desperate.\u00a0How often are these disciples and Jesus gonna wake up?\u00a0It may be that many of us in the midst of trouble, we were not united with Jesus, we do not look to Him in the Blessed Sacrament.\u00a0Our lips only pray in pain and difficulty; when it appears that the boat would sink.<\/p>\n
Several times we live tribulations and it seems that Jesus will not wake up. We call and call, but He waits months, even years then mutes the sea.\u00a0Think: if you were sleeping in a boat, a storm came and people started screaming and were despair, but Jesus remained asleep.\u00a0The solution would be to turn to Him and wake the Master.<\/p>\n
If Jesus is in the boat, He awake.\u00a0You can drop the biggest storm of the world, but He will be there and the boat will not sink with his presence.\u00a0If Jesus is in the boat of your life, your home, your marriage, raising their children, do not worry, your boat will not sink.\u00a0Maybe you spend time calling the Master, trying to wake him.\u00a0We do not know when he will wake up, but the certainty is that He is within, the boat will nor sink.<\/p>\n
The question today is: Jesus is in the boat?\u00a0Invite Him to enter the boat of your life.\u00a0He will not abandon you.<\/p>\n
Father Arlon Cristian<\/b>\u00a0
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