Thread by @carmelitequotes

🌊⛈️Bishop Silvio José Báez, O.C.D. preaching: "In the storm, the disciples cried out in despair, 'Master, don't you care that we are sinking'?" (Mk 4:38).
@silviojbaez #BaezHomilia #GospelOfTheDay
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"...Jesus woke up, calmed the wind and the sea and a great calm ensued (Mk 4:39), and then he said to the disciples, "Why are you so afraid? Have you no faith?" (Mk 4:40)...."
Bishop @silviojbaez preaching on the #GospelOfTheDay
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📷Mediterranean seen from Stella Maris, Israel

Bishop Silvio José Báez, O.C.D. preaching: "Where #fear begins, #faith ends. #Jesus reproaches them for their fear because they forgot him and felt that they were alone. Although Jesus was asleep, he was there with them..."
@silviojbaez
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📷Westminster College, Cambridge🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

"A psalm teaches that God does not sleep: "Your guardian does not slumber, nor does the guardian of Israel sleep or rest" (Psalm 121:4)."
@silviojbaez preaching

The composer Mendelssohn selected this psalm to include in his famous oratorio, "Elijah"
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Bishop @silviojbaez concludes: "When God seems silent, he is speaking to us in another way. When God seems absent, it is because he is present beyond our comprehension."
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