Gospel Reflection – Saturday, April 18, 2026

Friends, in right now’s Gospel, Jesus exhibits us the authority he has over nature when he walks on the ocean. Water is, all through Scripture, a logo of hazard and chaos. In the start of time, when all was formless, the Spirit of the Lord hovered over the floor of the waters. This signifies God’s lordship over the powers of darkness and dysfunction.

In the Old Testament, the Israelites escape from Egypt and face the waters of the Red Sea. Through the prayer of Moses, they’ll stroll within the midst of the waves.

Now within the New Testament, we are able to discover this identical symbolism. In all 4 Gospels, there’s a model of this story the place Jesus dominates the waves. The boat, with Peter and the opposite disciples, evokes the Church, who’re the followers of Jesus. It strikes by way of the waters because the Church will transfer by way of time.

Inevitably all types of storms will come up: chaos, corruption, stupidity, hazard and persecution. But Jesus comes strolling on the ocean. This is meant to affirm his divinity: Just because the Spirit of God hovered over the waters firstly of time, so Jesus hovers over them now.