THE GOSPEL
Mark 4:35-41Then he asked them, “Why are you terrified? Do you not have faith?”
Raging waves of discord break all around us
and squalls whine through our lives.
We call, out of sinking boats,
“We are going down!
Jesus, save
us!”
O
calm
our storms.
“Quiet! Be still,”
we long to hear you say!
Give us faith to know that in
sunny days or climate crisis, wars,
or homelessness, or housed and fed well,
you never leave our boats. Make our life holy,
Lord of wind and sea.
THE FIRST READING
Job 38:1, 8-11
Thus far shall you come but no farther,
and here shall your proud waves be stilled.
Fasten the bars on the doors.
Block all discrimination against
our brothers and sisters.
Set limits on the harm
we heap on our
sister Earth.
Lord God,
open the floodgates
of your love.
Director of the stars, moon and tides,
direct everything we do.
