Saturday of week 3 in Ordinary Time
Saint Angela Merici, Virgin
Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Gospel – Mark 4:35-41
“Master, do you not care? We are going down!” This is a question we often ask with recognizing the power of the presence of Jesus in our boat. We see more the waves, the problems, the questions. Not the power of Jesus. With the sound and appearance of the waves, the silent presence of Jesus is forgotten. We see the magnitude of the problems in our life which makes lots of noise and commotion which often frightens us. In this fear, we forget the silent presence of Jesus in our life. The clamour of the problems shuts our hearts to the sweet presence of Jesus in our life. The question here is, ‘to what you give importance, to the fears caused by the screams or to the faith caused by the recognition of Jesus in our boat’? This is what Jesus is also saying to the disciples, “Why are you so frightened? How is it that you have no faith?”. Let’s reflect. Faith overcomes the clamours of fears with the certainty of the presence of Jesus in our life.
Saturday 27 January
