WELCOME TO OUR LITURGY: When Jesus controls the sea, from tempest to calm, the disciples recognize the power of the Creator at work in and through him and are filled with awe. As well as calming the forces of nature he calms the storms and fears of the personal human heart, and the collective heart of the community who follow him: the Church. We praise You Lord, for You continue to calm the destructive forces at work in our hearts, in our Church and in the world,. We place all our trust in you as you continue to bring about Your New Creation.

First Reading
Job 38: 1, 8-11.

1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind:
8 "Or who shut in the sea with doors, when it burst forth from the womb;
9 when I made clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band,
10 and prescribed bounds for it, and set bars and doors,
11 and said, `Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stayed'?

Second Reading
2 Corinthians 5: 14-17.

14 For the love of Christ controls us, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died.
15 And he died for all, that those who live might live no longer for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once regarded Christ from a human point of view, we regard him thus no longer.
17 Therefore, if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come.

Gospel Reading
Mark 4: 35-41.

35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let us go across to the other side."
36 And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him.
37 And a great storm of wind arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already filling.
38 But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him and said to him, "Teacher, do you not care if we perish?"
39 And he awoke and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
40 He said to them, "Why are you afraid? Have you no faith?"
41 And they were filled with awe, and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even wind and sea obey him?"