08.18.24 - Mark XVIII - Magician or Master?

In today’s episode of Mark’s Gospel (Mark 6:45-56), a crescendo of displays of power on Jesus’ part - healings, exorcisms, raising from the dead, multiplying loaves & fishes - climaxes with His walking on water. The 12 are straining at the oars in the boat - a symbol of our doing life in our own strength - when Jesus surprises them, to say the least. Because of their hard hearts, they have focused on the “what” of Jesus’ actions instead of the WHO they point to. We are in the same boat, called past our fears to trust in the One Who is Lord of Heaven and Earth: and the wind, waves, and worries.

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