Walking with Jesus: 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Wisdom 1:13-15, 2:23-24; 2 Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13-15; Mark 5:21-43 Today we ask: What is our vision of God? Is God a punisher? Is God a lover? Does God get even? Do I feel God is in control of my life? Do I want more freedom? Where am I with God? Do you remember the Gospel passage from St. Mark last week (Mark 4:35-41)? Just before this passage, Jesus has been teaching a crowd on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. He then boards the boat and tells the apostles to go across the lake ... and a horrendous storm blows up as Jesus sleeps in the stern. The apostles are scared out of their wits, terrified of drowning. They awaken ... probably shaking ... Jesus, who stands up, calms the storm and says, “Why are you terrified? Did you not yet have faith?” Then they go back across the lake, where Jesus cures the Gerasene Demoniac [Mark 5:1-20, Mark 4:40]. We go right into today’s Gospel: “When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a large crowd surrounded Him, and He stayed clos...