I just want to share the homily last Sunday.  The Gospel is basically about faith. When Jesus walks on water and Peter also did but when the wind got stronger, he became frightened and began to sink.  The homily is pretty much the same.  There was a man who went fishing.  He was so overwhelmed that he did not notice the storm clouds forming.  When he did, he got frightened.  From a distance, he saw a man walking on water.  He called out and asked: “Lord, is that you?”.  The Lord replied, “Yes, it is me”.  Then, the man said “Lord, if it is really you, bid me to come to you”.  The Lord said “Come”.

The man took something from his boat’s compartment then walked towards the Lord.  Then, the wind blew even stronger and the man became overwhelmed with fear.  Like Peter, he began to sink and asked the Lord to save him.  When Jesus was reaching out his hand to him, He asked “What is it you’re wearing?”.  The man replied “Life Jacket.  In case you cannot save me, I still have a life jacket so I won’t drown”.

A lot of us do this.  We always have a life jacket in case God’s power is not enough which is contrary to our faith.  Having a life jacket only mean one thing - we do not have enough faith, have but little faith in God.  We pray to God yet we still worry.  We pray to Jesus yet we still have Buddha statues or feng shui stuff in our house.  If we say we trust God, trust Him completely.  He created heaven and earth, He gave us life - what is there that He cannot do?  The answer is NOTHING.

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