Redemptoristine Nuns of NY, Inc.

     Today’s Gospel is very familiar to us all.  Jesus is taking a well-deserved rest after a long day of healing and telling parables to the multitude about the Kingdom of the Father.   I imagine the newly  minted apostles were not quite sure what to make their sleeping Teacher. They must have been terrified when the storm whipped up.  Even the seasoned fishermen, like Peter and John, understood they were in extreme trouble.    But when the storm abruptly ceased at Jesus’ word, perhaps, a new terror overtook them.  They say,  “Who is this man?”

But imagine their absolute terror when their beloved Teacher is crucified. Only after Christ’s resurrection and his ascension into heaven to sit at the right hand of the Father do they fully understand and go out to proclaim the Good News of Salvation.   They become like Jesus, who on earth, was an image of the Father.  
      Jesus had complete faith and trust in his Father while in the boat, and in the Garden of Gethsemane, where he cried out, “Abba, Father, everything is possible with you…your will be done.” 
      How many of us grew up thinking our father could do everything!  They loved us unconditional-ly and provided for the family.  All our faith and trust was in them.  Now that we are grown, we may be aware that they are/were human beings, like everyone else.  But we never forget their love.  They are an image of our heavenly Father who loves us beyond all telling. Let us turn to our Dads, and Abba, when the storms of life descend upon us and know a great calm is coming.    
                                          Happy Father/Abba’s Day!

"Life for me is Christ." Phil1:21

Redemptoristine Nuns are a worldwide monastic contemplative Order who strive to be a living memorial, an active participant of Jesus life in today’s Church for the salvation of the world.  The Sisters celebrate this life of prayer, praise and intercession in the name of all, and in support of the missionary activity of the Redemptorist priests and brothers.