Get out of the boat

The Roman Catholic Lectionary for today inspires thought of healing and the impossibility of the Divine to refuse to be the healing force of Creation and Creatures. Jeremiah is instructed to record that God will restore the fortunes of Israel and Judah after the people had abandoned trust in God for trust in human politics and strategy. That offense had resulted in destruction, domination and exile for the people. The psalmist echoes the truth that Lord looked at the earth and freed the prisoners and those doomed to die. What is the desire and delight of the Divine? The book of Jeremiah expresses it as “And you shall be my people, and I will be your God” (Jeremiah 30:22) Matthew relates an episode in Jesus story where both trust in God and healing are presented. Peter responds to Jesus invitation to come to Him over the water and finds as he accepts in trust that he is moving over the water to Jesus. The doubts that this will be enough come as they came to Israel and Judah and as they come to all and the communion with the transcendent Divine is broken, until God reaches out once again to rescue and heal and watch for the opportunity to re-invite us to “get out of the boat”.