12th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Sleeping during the Storms of Life

In today's Gospel, while the disciples and Jesus are crossing the Sea of Galilee for their first missionary journey, a violent storm arises that throws the disciples in a panic. Where is Jesus? He is sleeping comfortably on the boat. This is not because he is aloof to the storm but rather because at every moment Jesus knows that he lives within the protective love of his Heavenly Father. There is simply nothing to fear. As we grow in our relationship with Jesus, he wants to help us to rest during our storms as he rests, confident that we too, God's beloved son or daughter, are at every moment being held by his protective love.

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