The Who and Why of Walking on Water, 19th Sunday (A), August 13, 2023

Storms are part and parcel of life...not just the climactic ones, but the challenges we face as human beings throughout our lives. The image of Jesus walking on water in today's Gospel oftentimes gets treated as just one more "trick" pulled out of Jesus' Son of God hat. In reality, it is a powerful lesson to us during the storms of our lives for it teaches us WHO Jesus is and WHY he does what he does for us. 

This homily was delivered to the Saint Francis Catholic Community in Cuenca, Ecuador.