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A
great deal of life is organised
around solving and ridding
ourselves of problems so that we
can live happy and content lives.
Life as we know it is never
problem free, each day brings us
new problems.
The question for each of us
is how do we cope with the
problems that come our way.
Do we curse our faith blame
God and everyone else for our
problems or do we live in
self-pity leaving our problems
become excuses.
All three of our readings
present those close to God
experiencing big problems, Elijah
is helped by God.
St Paul has heavy problems
laying on his heart, he is in
great grief and pain because the
Jews will not accept Jesus as the
Christ, they are the people chosen
by God.
Paul is of Hebrew stock and
feels the pain of separation.
Paul accepts all of his
suffering and problems as a way of
drawing close to God.
He unites his sufferings
with those of Christ.
In our Gospel, Peter is in
the boat with the disciples when a
great storm comes up.
They see Jesus walking on
the water coming towards them,
their fear is so great that they
believe him to be a ghost.
Peter speaks up and walks
towards Jesus.
The winds grow stronger and
Peters faith grows weaker, he
begins to sink.
Jesus gently gives out to
the disciples for having little
faith.
Peter wants to be with
Jesus and knows that Jesus can
save him.
This same Peter who loves,
who fails and who falters will in
time be the head of the Church,
the rock on which the Church is
built.
All
our problems can be possibilities
for drawing us closer to each
other and to God, we can face each
day with faith and courage.
Fr.
Paul
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