"When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others."

“Strive to preserve your heart in peace; let no event of this world disturb it.”: Saint John of the Cross: (1542 - 1591: was a major figure of the Counter-Reformation, a Roman Catholic saint, a Carmelite friar and a priest)

Gospel Text: (MT 8:23-27)

As Jesus got into a boat, his disciples followed him.

Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea,

so that the boat was being swamped by waves;

but he was asleep.

They came and woke him, saying,

"Lord, save us! We are perishing!"

He said to them, "Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?"

Then he got up, rebuked the winds and the sea,

and there was great calm.

The men were amazed and said, "What sort of man is this,

whom even the winds and the sea obey?"

In every storm there are choices to be made. Will we interiorize the storm or Jesus’ peace? Do we put our faith in the power of the storm or in the power of God in Christ?