Saturday of the Second Week of Easter
April 13, 2024
Today’s Readings:
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041324.cfm
It had already grown dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.
John 6:17-21
The sea was stirred up because a strong wind was blowing.
When they had rowed about three or four miles,
they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat,
and they began to be afraid.
But he said to them, “It is I. Do not be afraid.”
They wanted to take him into the boat,
but the boat immediately arrived at the shore
to which they were heading.
Today’s reading packs in all the elements of a crisis: darkness, unknowing, resistance, shock, fear, powerlessness. We can imagine the disciples caught in the whirlwind and suddenly tossed up on shore astounded!
Today, in God’s Lavish Mercy:
Life’s like that sometimes, isn’t it? Our reading tells us how to make the passage through such storms: listen for the voice that loves you unreservedly, and do not be afraid. It is then that we might find the miracle which the storm hides.
Poetry: from Rumi
Be empty of worrying
Think of who created thought
Why do you stay in prison
When the door is wide open?
Move outside the tangle of fear thinking.
Live in silence.
Flow down and down in always
Widening rings of being.
Music: Be Not Afraid – Bob Dufford
Lavish Mercy 
When you walk through a storm— The story of “You’ll never walk alone”.
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Lovely reflection. Rumi’s poem speaks to the heart. Beautiful music.
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