Inspired by Mark 4:35-41
Sunday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time (Year B)
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang
On that day, as evening drew on, he said to them, “Let us cross to the other side.” Leaving the crowd, they took him 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?”
Mark 4:35-41
When God seems to be asleep,
Rally faith to take a leap!
Traditional Chinese Translation
《為什麼恐懼？》
當上帝似乎沈睡時，
凝聚信心，蹤然一躍！
Lord, do you not care?
We are drowning here!
Save us from this snare.
From the stern on cushioned sleep,
Jesus rose, rebuked the sea.
Wind hushed. Waves weakened.
His friends awed by mystery.
They heard Jesus say,
“O you of little faith!
Rely on my ever-present care.”
Then they understood the Way:
Creation obeyed Creator.
May we leap into the Lord by faith, which sees with the eye of the Spirit.