Call To Prayer God of Love, I bless Your name. In the morning I lift my heart to You in faith.

Psalm

Antiphon:

Yahweh, let Your love rest on us.

Sing out your joy to the Creator, good people,
for praise is fitting for loyal hearts.
Give thanks to the Creator upon the harp.
With a ten-stringed lute sing songs.

O sing a new song;
Play skillfully and loudly so all may hear.
For the word of the Creator is faithful
and all God's works are to be trusted.

The Creator collects the waves of the ocean
and gathers up the depths of the sea.
Let all the earth fear the Creator,
all who live in the world honor God.

--Psalm 33

The Word: Mark 4:35-41

That day as evening drew on Jesus said to them,
"Let us cross over to the farther shore."

Leaving the crowds,
they took him away in the boat in which He was sitting,
while the other boats accompanied Him.

It happened that a bad squall blew up.
The waves were breaking over the boat
and it began to ship water badly.

Jesus was in the stern through it all,
sound asleep on a cushion.

They finally woke him and said to him,
"Teacher, does it not matter to You
that we are going to drown?"

He awoke and rebuked the wind
and said to the sea, "Quiet! Be still!"
The wind fell off and everything grew calm.

Then he said to them,
"Why are you so terrified?
Why are you lacking in faith?"

A great awe overcame them at this.
They kept saying to one another,
"Who can this be that the wind and the sea obey him?"

For Reflection

Jesus says to us also, " Why are you frightened?"
What is my response to his question?

Prayer Loving God, I thank You for Your strong, tender guidance in my life.

 

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