May Jesus Christ be
praised and may his holy Mother pray for us.
Elijah encountered the
Lord in the silence. Peter and the
apostles encounter the Lord in the storm.
We have encountered the Lord in this retreat.
It was not in a mighty
wind that we heard him. In was not in an
earthquake that we felt his presence. It
was not in the fire that we saw him. In
the silence, we knew the Lord was near.
In the silence, the Lord spoke to us.
The Lord Jesus brought
us here to tell us who we are. The Lord
Jesus brought us here to remind us that we belong to him. The Lord Jesus
brought us here to tell us that he is with us in the storm. The winds and the waves have no power over us
when we gaze upon the face of Jesus Christ.
He is more powerful than the storm.
He is more powerful than the wind, the earthquake and the fire. He is more powerful than the storms in my
life. He is more powerful than the
storms in your life.
In the silence the Lord
is with us. In the storm the Lord is
with us. Let us listen to him in the silence.
Let us look to him in the storm.
Amen.
Preached in Spanish at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church,
Monroe, NC at the conclusion of a retreat at the parish.
