{"id":19961,"date":"2015-06-30T15:44:16","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T21:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=19961"},"modified":"2017-04-17T21:58:39","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T01:58:39","slug":"keeper-of-the-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/keeper-of-the-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeper of the Storm","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

THE NOW WORD ON MASS READINGS
for Tuesday, June 30th, 2015
Opt. Memorial of The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church<\/p>\n

Liturgical texts here<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>“Peace Be Still\u201d<\/em> by Arnold Friberg<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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LAST <\/b>week, I took some time off to take my family camping, something we rarely get to do. I set aside the Pope\u2019s new encyclical, grabbed a fishing rod, and pushed away from shore. As I floated on the lake in a small boat, the words swam\u00a0through my mind:<\/p>\n

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Keeper of the Storm…<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I was thinking of the Gospel, today\u2019s Gospel in fact, when Jesus stood on the bow of His sinking ship and commanded the seas to be calm. I thought to myself, shouldn\u2019t the words be \u201cCalmer<\/i> of the Storm\u201d? But there is a difference between the one who calms and the one who keeps: the latter is in command of everything. <\/i><\/p>\n

Yes, Jesus is not only going to be the Calmer of this present Storm, but He is the One who commanded it to come forth in the first place. He is the one who breaks open the Seven Seals of Revolution<\/a>:<\/i><\/p>\n

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The word of the Lord came to me: Son of man, what is this proverb you have in the land of Israel: \u201cThe days drag on, and every vision fails\u201d? Say to them therefore\u2026 The days are at hand and every vision fulfilled… for whatever word I speak shall happen without delay. In your days, rebellious house, whatever I speak I will bring about… The house of Israel is saying, \u201cThe vision he sees is a long time off; he prophesies for distant times!\u201d Say to them therefore: thus says the Lord God: none of my words shall be delayed any longer…\u00a0(Ezekiel 12:25)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The purification of the Church and the world is at hand.<\/i> It is no coincidence that the first reading today, the Gospel, and the Memorial of the first martyrs of the Church line up as they do\u2014much like Venus and Jupiter are lining up tonight as they once did 2000 years ago, perhaps on the very night of Christ\u2019s birth as some astronomers suggest. [1]<\/sup><\/a>cf. abc13.com<\/a><\/span><\/span>