Some help along the Journey

The words of the psalmist in the texts from the Roman Catholic Lectionary today tie together the episode of the appointment of deacons from the Book of Acts with the calming of the storm by Jesus as the apostles make their way across the Sea of Galilee in the text from John’s Gospel. The psalmist proclaims [Psalm 33:18-19] Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love, that he may deliver their soul from death, and keep them alive in famine. The Providence which graces humanity as we journey is delighting in us. Our attention to this intimacy reveals the events in our life through which we come with our indwelling Spirit in communion with the Divine Spirit.