[Grem] A mai szentmise igéi

[Emoke Greschik]

*Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus demonstrates his authority over nature
by walking on the sea. Water is, throughout the Scriptures, a symbol of
danger and chaos. At the very beginning of time, when all was a formless
waste, the spirit of the Lord hovered over the surface of the waters. This
signals God’s lordship over all of the powers of darkness and disorder. In
the Old Testament the Israelites are escaping from Egypt, and they confront
the waters of the Red Sea. Through the prayer of Moses, they are able to
walk through the midst of the waves. Now in the New Testament, this same
symbolism can be found. In all four of the Gospels, there is a version of
this story of Jesus mastering the waves. The boat, with Peter and the other
disciples, is evocative of the Church, the followers of Jesus. It moves
through the waters, as the Church will move through time.All types of
storms—chaos, corruption, stupidity, danger, persecution—will inevitably
arise. But Jesus comes walking on the sea. This is meant to affirm his
divinity: just as the spirit of God hovered over the waters at the
beginning, so Jesus hovers over them now. *
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