John,
Chapter 6, verse 19-20:
19 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 20 but he said
to them, “It is I. Do not be afraid.”
After
rowing three or four miles they must have been exhausted.
The conditions on the sea that night had to have been unnerving but there must
have been some light from the moon as they had seen our Lord nevertheless they
were afraid. Then He said, “It
is I” or literally “I AM” which was the name of God which no pious Jew was
allow to even say!
I wonder
if they were thinking of the words of the Torah, “The earth was formless and void,
and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving
over the surface of the waters.” (Genesis
4:2) When they had seen and heard Christ. They must have known at that
point that here was the messiah because they believed. Immediately they arrived
on shore and Christ spoke on the “Bread of Life” discourse stating ”Whoever
eats my flesh and drinks my blood
has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day.” (John 6:54).
At this
saying all but these 12 walked away because they believed!
We too
are like the Apostles in that boat, the boat which we call the Holy Catholic
Church. Let us resolve like the Apostles to believe, follow the precepts
of our church and row three or four miles if we must.
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