June 30

Our Lady of Calais

The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church
Gospel: Matthew 8:23-27

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Today’s Gospel has the disciples panicking in a boat as a storm overtakes them, while Jesus sleeps through it, undisturbed. They wake Him, certain they’re about to die, and He calms the wind and the sea with a word, then asks them plainly, “Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?” The storm wasn’t the real problem. Their fear was.

We tend to assume God is absent the moment a storm hits, the way the disciples assumed Jesus didn’t care because He was asleep. But Jesus was in the boat the whole time, fully capable, simply not panicking the way they were. The presence of a storm has never meant the absence of Jesus.

Wake Him with your fear today instead of assuming He’s absent or indifferent to it. He’s not offended by an honest “Lord, save us” in the middle of a real storm. But don’t stay in the panic longer than you have to. He’s already in the boat, already capable of speaking peace over whatever is overtaking you, the moment you actually turn to Him.

Today, the Church remembers the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church, who faced far greater storms than this one without losing their faith, and the Marian calendar recognizes Our Lady of Calais, France, 1347, devotion that weathered plague, war, and siege and is still standing. Our Lady never once doubted that the boat would hold. Think about this: What storm have you been weathering alone in fear without fully trusting that Jesus is right there with you in the boat?



 Rosary Man Jim 🌹
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