Religious life Christ centred or auto-referent?
21 June 2015 XII sunday of year B 1st Profession of Avinash Inasappa, Arvind Xaxa, Jackson Melbin, Sudhakar Kummari, Samir Montry. Today we have an interesting gospel (Mk 4:35-41). It was not chosen purposely for the celebration, it is the one offered by the liturgical calendar; but nevertheless it is very useful for our reflection. Jesus has been preaching the whole day about the kingdom of Heaven. I do not know if you remember the four parables we have heard in the last couple of weeks. The Kingdom of Heaven is the presence of God among us, a God who takes care of us, makes things bear fruits etc. Now it is evening and the disciples decide to go on with their life, cross at the other side of the lake, pass on the stormy waters of life. The apostles are expert fishermen, they certainly know how to forecast a storm and how to handle it, but this time they seem to be hopeless. Another strange thing is that Jesus, who usually is so caring and has made so ...