Reflection for Saturday May 4, 2019: 2nd Week of Easter.
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Lierk, Kyle
Date
2019-05-04Campus Ministry
Reading 1
Acts 6:1-7
Acts 6:1-7
Psalm
Psalms 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19
Psalms 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19
Gospel
John 6:16-21
John 6:16-21
Lectionary Number
272. Year I, Easter.
272. Year I, Easter.
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To see the original html page, click the file link on the left.The following reflection in the form of a poem-like piece was written in the full context of where today's Gospel reading is found in the sixth chapter of John...As we bask in Easter lightthe persistent and pesky dark voice of fearbuzzes in our ears like summer-time mosquitoes.Our boot-strap mentality and fervent swatting is exhausting.FEAR.Fear of...fill in the blank.Hunger.Loneliness.Death.Rejection.Loss of control.What is yours?We are like the people pursuing Jesus -famished, fatigued and fixated.Our fear disorients and drains us.Up the mountain he goes.We are close behind.Jesus senses our hunger for hope.A great feast-like feeding followson the well-trodden heelsof his miraculous words of gratitude.Further up the mountain he goes.Our bellies now full,we join the disciples in the boatas they cross dark watersand the storms arrive.Storms of...fill in the blank.A shocking diagnosis.The death news of a loved one.Loss of a job.Fracturing in a relationship.What is yours?As the ground beneath us shifts and swirls,winds that carry the familiar voice of fear whip up.Our hands grasp to the side of life's vesselin both desperation and determination.Those same hands are calloused from all that rowing.Rowing through the storms of life.Just then, our tired eyes catch a glimpseof a familiar figure nearby.It is Jesus.There, in the midst of the stormand the fatigueand the fear is...JESUS.Can you sense him nearby?"It is I.""Do not be afraid."Can we accept his bold commandwhen everything around us tirelessly tries to say the opposite?Fear is all too familiar......but, so too is our friend Jesus.When we hear his voiceand heed his commandamidst the storms of lifewe will suddenly find ourselveson the safe and sturdy ground of shore......basking in the Easter light that breaks there.
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