Homily (Reflection) for Saturday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time (I) (30th January, 2021) on the Gospel
(B.V.M. on Saturday, Opt. Mem.)
Heb 11:1-2.8-19;
Lk 1:69-75 (R. cf. v.68);
Mk 4:35-41.
Topic: Wake Him up.
In today’s gospel, while crossing to the other side in a boat with His disciples, “A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion ....” (Mk 4:37-38a). When they woke Him He calmed the wind and the sea and queried: “Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?” (Mk 4:40).
At different points in one’s life it looks as if God is no
longer aware of what is happening in the world or has suddenly become
uninterested. Sometimes one might even be tempted to question whether He still
exist and is still God.
Although things might have gone contrary to your expectations
but do not turn to either right or left. What you really need is to wake Jesus
up. When those in the boat with Jesus woke Him up they were filled with great
awe and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea
obey him?” cf. Mk 4:41. So what are
you waiting for? That trouble comes one’s way does not mean that God is far
from him or her. Wake Him up.
Bible Reading: Ps 125; Eph 3:20-21.
Thought for today: It is still the same Jesus.
Let us pray: God, open our eyes to see your hand
at work – Amen.
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