Readings for Sunday, June 23, 2024
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 95
Reading 1 J0B 38:1, 8-11
The Lord addressed Job out of the storm and said: Who shut within doors the sea, when it burst forth from the womb; when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling bands? When I set limits for it and fastened the bar of its door, and said: Thus far shall you come but no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stilled!
QARI 1 mill-Ktieb ta’ Ġob 38:1,8-11
Il-Mulej wieġeb lil Ġob minn ġot-tempesta u qallu: “Min kien dak li għalaq il-baħar b’bibien, meta dan b’qawwa ħareġ mill-ġuf, meta bis-sħab libbistu, u bid-dlam fisqejtu, meta t-truf tiegħu qegħedtlu bħal xatbiet, u bibien li bihom għalaqtu u għedtlu: ‘Sa hawn biss tasal u mhux aktar, ma taqbiżx minn hawn il-qawwa ta’ mwieġek’?”. Il-Kelma tal-Mulej.
Responsorial Psalm PSALM 107:23-24, 25-26, 28-29, 30-31
These saw the works of the LORD
and his wonders in the abyss.
R. Give thanks to the Lord, his love is everlasting.
or: R. Alleluia.
His command raised up a storm wind
which tossed its waves on high.
They mounted up to heaven; they sank to the depths;
their hearts melted away in their plight.
R. Give thanks to the Lord, his love is everlasting.
or: R. Alleluia.
They cried to the LORD in their distress;
from their straits he rescued them,
He hushed the storm to a gentle breeze,
and the billows of the sea were stilled.
R. Give thanks to the Lord, his love is everlasting.
or: R. Alleluia.
They rejoiced that they were calmed,
and he brought them to their desired haven.
Let them give thanks to the LORD for his kindness
and his wondrous deeds to the children of men.
R. Give thanks to the Lord, his love is everlasting.
or: R. Alleluia.
SALM RESPONSORJALI Salm 106(107):23-24,25-26,28-29,30-31
R/. (1b): Roddu ħajr lill-Mulej, għax għal dejjem it-tjieba tiegħu.
Dawk li jbaħħru fuq l-iġfna,
li jinnegozjaw fuq l-ibħra bla tarf,
raw l-opri tal-Mulej
u l-għeġubijiet tiegħu f’qiegħ il-baħar. R/.
Hu ordna u qajjem riefnu,
li qanqal imwieġ il-baħar.
Għolew sas-smewwiet u niżlu sa qiegħ il-baħar;
qalbhom bdiet tferfer bil-biża’. R/.
Għajtu lill-Mulej fl-hemm tagħhom,
u mid-dwejjaq tagħhom ħelishom.
U bidel ir-riefnu f’żiffa,
u sikket mewġ il-baħar. R/.
Huma ferħu għax ibbnazza;
u hu wassalhom sal-port li xtaqu.
Ħa jroddu ħajr lill-Mulej għal tjubitu,
għall-għeġubijiet tiegħu mal-bnedmin. R/.
Reading 2 2 CORINTHIANS 5:14-17
Brothers and sisters: The love of Christ impels us, once we have come to the conviction that one died for all; therefore, all have died. He indeed died for all, so that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. Consequently, from now on we regard no one according to the flesh; even if we once knew Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him so no longer. So whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come.
QARI 2 mit-Tieni Ittra lill-Korintin 5:14-17
Ħuti, l-imħabba ta’ Kristu ġġegħelna naħsbu dan: li wieħed miet għal kulħadd, mela kulħadd miet. U miet għal kulħadd biex dawk li jgħixu ma jgħixux għalihom infushom, imma għal dak li miet u rxoxta għalihom. Għalhekk aħna ma nagħrfu lil ħadd skont il-ġisem. Jekk għarafna lil Kristu skont il-ġisem, issa ma nagħrfuhx aktar hekk. Meta wieħed jingħaqad ma’ Kristu, isir ħolqien ġdid; il-qadim għadda u daħal il-ġdid. Il-Kelma tal-Mulej.
Gospel MARK 4:35-41
On that day, as evening drew on, Jesus said to his disciples: “Let us cross to the other side.” Leaving the crowd, they took Jesus with them in the boat just as he was. And other boats were with him. A violent squall came up and waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was already filling up. Jesus was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. They woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” He woke up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Quiet! Be still!” The wind ceased and there was great calm. Then he asked them, “Why are you terrified? Do you not yet have faith?” They were filled with great awe and said to one another, “Who then is this whom even wind and sea obey?”
EVANĠELJU Qari skont San Mark 4:35-41
Darba, filgħaxija, Ġesù qal lid-dixxipli tiegħu: “Ejjew naqsmu għax-xatt l-ieħor”. Ħallew in-nies, u ħaduh magħhom kif kien fid-dgħajsa; u marru miegħu dgħajjes oħra. U qam riefnu kbir, u l-mewġ beda tiela’ għal ġod-dgħajsa, hekk li kienet ġa bdiet timtela bl-ilma. Hu kien fil-poppa, rieqed fuq imħadda. Qajmuh u qalulu: “Mgħallem, dan qisu mhu xejn għalik li aħna se nintilfu?”. Imbagħad qam, ordna lir-riħ u qal lill-baħar: “Iskot! Biżżejjed!”. U r-riħ waqaf u waqgħet kalma kbira. U qalilhom: “Dal-biża’ kollu għaliex? Mela ma għandkomx fidi?”. U qabadhom biża’ kbir, u bdew jgħidu lil xulxin: “Dan min hu, mela, biex saħansitra r-riħ u l-baħar jisimgħu minnu?”. Il-Kelma tal-Mulej.
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An 8-minute Reflection on Sunday's Readings by Fr Anthony Kadavil
Introduction:
The role of God in calming the storms of life both in the history of the Church and in the lives of Christians is the central theme of the readings for this Storm Sunday.
Scripture lessons summarized:
In the first reading, God addresses Job for the first time, questioning his right to challenge God’s authority and leading Job deeper and deeper into the mystery of creation. We hear how the Lord speaks to Job whose life was devastated by storms of the total loss of his possessions, the deaths of his dear ones, and a whole-body disease that left him in misery. “Out of the storm,” God reminds Job that He is in control.
Today’s Responsorial Psalm (Ps 107) picks up the storm theme and tells us how the Lord saves the sailors caught up in the high waves of a tempest: “They who sailed the sea in ships … saw the works of the Lord and His wonders in the abyss, "by first 'raising up a storm wind,' then 'hushing the storm to a gentle breeze.' Paul, who “rode out the storm” of rejection by his former friends, also experienced storms of violent hostility from the Jews, his brothers and sisters in God’s Chosen People, who refused to believe that Jesus was the promised Messiah. So, he explains in the second reading that Jesus died for us to make us a “new creation.” In order to receive this gift of love, we have to respond, living for Jesus in all situations of our lives because Jesus has gone before us through the uncharted sea of life.
In Sunday’s Gospel, Mark assures first-century believers that nothing can harm the Church as long as the risen Lord is with them. He describes how, by a single commanding word, Jesus stilled a storm on the Sea of Galilee, returned the sea to its natural order, and saved the apostles from drowning. The incident reminds us that Jesus, resting in our life’s boat, is always ready to help us in the storms of life, when we ask.
Life messages:
We need to remember that Jesus is always with us in the boat of our life.
1) We all experience different types of violent storms in our lives: physical storms, emotional storms, and spiritual storms. We face storms of sorrow, doubt, anxiety, worry, temptation, and passion. Only Jesus can still these storms. Jesus can give us real peace in the storm of sorrow.
2) When we are totally depressed with sorrow Jesus assures us of the glory of the life to come. He consoles us at the loss of our dear ones with the assurance of eternal life for them in the Heavenly home of God the Father where we, too, will live one day.
3) When the storms of doubt seek to uproot the very foundations of our Faith, Jesus is there to still that storm, revealing to us His Divinity and the authority behind the words of the Holy Scripture.
4) If we will ask, and respond with loving trust and obedience, Jesus will give us peace in our tempests of doubt, tension, and uncertainty, peace in our storms of anxiety and worry about ourselves, peace about the unknown future, peace about those we love, and calm in the storms of passion when our hearts grow hot and our tempers blaze.
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