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Calm me, Lord
By Margaret Rizza
Fire of Love | Kevin Mayhew (Used with permission)
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Today is Friday 17 April, in the Season of Easter.
‘Calm me, Lord as you calm the storm’. As you begin this prayer, how are you feeling? … Where is that feeling residing in your body…what are the sensations there… tensions, ease, vibrations, movement, temperature… Is there something that body part might want to communicate? … What might God want to offer to this part of you right now? You might use your imagination to allow God to tend to that place.
Today’s reading is from the Gospel of John.
The disciples have a further encounter with the Risen Christ when they return to their former way of life as fishermen. They discover that with Jesus directing them, a fruitless fishing trip becomes a successful and joyous occasion. Even before they recognise Jesus he is at work bringing transformation and abundance into their tired and broken lives. Imagine for a moment that you are a disciple alongside Simon Peter in this story. How are you feeling in your body and mind after working all night and catch nothing?
How do you respond to the man on the beach when he tells you to cast the nets on the right side of the boat? With frustration? Fatigue? Curiosity perhaps…
Simon Peter realises that the man telling you what to do is Jesus.
How do you respond in your heart when Peter says: ‘It is the Lord’?...
What do you do next?
The disciples catch a huge number of fish when they listen to Jesus telling them to change their way of working. As you listen to the passage again think about whether Jesus might be challenging you to change something in your life?
In these last few moments imagine Jesus guiding and nourishing you – longing for you to flourish as his Spirit fills you with renewed energy and vision.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.