The Rafht Sea

Matthew 14 22-36

Jesús dismiss de crows that were astonish by the miracle, and went up to the mountain to pray alone, meanwhile the disciples where in the bout, with a raft sea, in the danger of the dark, the waves and the win.

But Jesus do not them alone come to them, showing first that he greater than Moises, and all the prophets, he is over the see, he has power over the weather.

The ancient Fathers see the in the boat the Church with peter as his head, and is in the middle of this word, the raft see, with the persecution of the wind that is the devil.

But the boat, out on the sea, was tossed by the waves. The boat signifies the Church, and the sea signifies the world; so is this great sea, which stretches wide its arms (Ps 103:25). And this Church, when Christ ascended, remained in the sea, and in the dangers of the sea of the world. For when someone great fights against the Church, then it is shaken about by the waves. All your waves you have brought in upon me (Ps 87:8). But because Christ prays, it cannot be submerged, however much it is tossed on the waves and lifted up. And the waters increased, and lifted up the ark on high from the earth (Gen 7:17).

‌1261. It is also driven about by the wind: this wind is the assault of diabolical instigation

What a powerful message we found, even if the Church with the Pope and with all the bishops that are inside of the boat of petter, persecuted during this time word, they cannot sinking because Jesus is looking after us.

The four watch is the hour that goes for 3 am to 6 am, the people who make sorcery they do a this time because is the opposite hour of 3 pm, the hour of mercy the hour of the death of Christ. So this happened very late in the night, in the middle of the power of the darkens, but over the power of the see, the power of the win, the power of the dark light of Christ.

Almost a the end of the time we will see a great persecution against the Church,

CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

675 Before Christ's second coming the Church must pass through a final trial that will shake the faith of many believers. The persecution that accompanies her pilgrimage on earth will unveil the "mystery of iniquity" in the form of a religious deception offering men an apparent solution to their problems at the price of apostasy from the truth.

When the see is dark and raft and the strong wind try to skiing the boat, Jesus will aper to save his Church.

But meanwhile Saint Agustin says: the Ship of the Church, pilgrimage between the persecutions of the world and the consolations of God, the Church advances through this world in these evil days

Application to our Daly life.

We can make and application to our Daly life, Jesus goes to the mountain, is the symbol of his assumption in to haven.

I sems that we are alone in this word, with the temptation of the devil, the wing, the persecution of the word, the see and the weakens of the bless that make a blind and dark.

But in the middle of the darkness there only to look for Jesus, to ask Jesus for help, we have to call and follow him.

But we can sinks like petter, is no because God has no power, is because the power of the wind, I mean the devil became stronger with our lack of faith.

But in the middle of the storm of my life where are Christ, Christ as already gone to heaven how can I take the hand of Jesus?

This is great, only the Catholic Church believe and confess this truth, no need go 2000 years ago to holy land, you only need to go your next Church Jesus I alive in the tabernacle, in the holy eucharist, and when you take the holy communion non only take the hand of Jesus, like petter you take all the body of Christi, so the raft weather cannot quench the love of God in your heart.

The liturgy is a battler

We do not go to Jerusalem nor wait, Jesus is waiting at the tabernacle

The power of the devil is our lack of faith