FRIENDS and SERVANTS of the WORD
13 April 2024 EASTER Saturday 2
WORD of the DAY
When it was evening, the
disciples of Jesus went down to the sea, embarked in a boat, and went across
the sea to Capernaum. It had already grown dark, and Jesus had not yet come to
them.
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. (John 6: 16-21)
How shall I live this Word? 
The feeling of precariousness that sometimes invades our lives is well highlighted by the experience of the disciples who row a whole night on a rough sea. Their fatigue cannot bear the impact with the reality they are living, but just when the situation seems to be blocked, “they saw Jesus walking on the sea approaching the boat and were afraid.” His arrival, initially, does not reassure them; we do not always welcome the real changes willingly. Among them, He is the authentic and fundamental one. The reaction of the disciples teaches us to be wary of a Gospel that reassures. The Word is a provocation to our fake certainties, a destabilization that brings down the idols that spontaneously are created within us, especially that of a God “in our image and likeness”. Only in this way, however, can we encounter and enter into a relationship with the Lord, ever greater than our expectations. Fear takes over because one feels abandoned to the instability of the sea, but it is when one overcomes the fear of change and welcomes it, that in the heart and within life everything changes, is accomplished, reaches the goal. We can live without Jesus in our own life but fullness is with Him on a journey with us.
I would like to stop “changing the sea” and entrust myself to the security of Your presence of peace, serenity, and beauty.
The voice of Vincent Van Gogh, Artist
The human heart is very similar to the sea. It has its tempests, its tides, and, in its depths, there are also its pearls.
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