{"id":1626,"date":"2015-06-21T12:26:46","date_gmt":"2015-06-21T16:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/?p=1626"},"modified":"2015-06-21T12:26:46","modified_gmt":"2015-06-21T16:26:46","slug":"12th-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-b-homily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/12th-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-b-homily\/","title":{"rendered":"12th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B – Homily"},"content":{"rendered":"

12th<\/sup> Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B<\/a>
\nJob 38:1, 8-10
\n2 Corinthians 5:14-17
\nMark 4:35-31
\nJune 21, 2015<\/p>\n

Job had been a patient person.\u00a0 By worldly standards he had been a great man with wealth and family but that had been taken from him by the evil one.\u00a0 His friends thought he must have sinned and that his loss for punishment for his sins.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a simple concept.\u00a0 Do good and God blesses you.\u00a0 Do bad and God will punish you.<\/p>\n

While Job had great worldly wealth he was also a man of great faith.\u00a0 He knew he had not sinned but accepted what happened as God\u2019s Will.\u00a0 If we accept God from God, should we also not accept evil.<\/em><\/p>\n

Job\u2019s friends continued to tell him to admit his sins and repent.\u00a0 He maintained his innocence and trusted in God but it was not easy.\u00a0 Job is known for his patience but even he grew weary of the sufferings.\u00a0 He did not doubt God but he did begin to wonder why God allowed this suffering. He began to ask why.<\/p>\n

Today we hear part of God\u2019s answer to Job.\u00a0 In very simple terms God says to Job, who are you to question me.\u00a0 This is not arrogance on God\u2019s part.\u00a0 When we hear the whole story, we hear God speak of all the wonderful things He has made in creation and that we can\u2019t possibly expect to understand everything.<\/p>\n

Job accepts this in faith.\u00a0 God then gives Job new wealth and a new family.<\/p>\n

Job had always been a man of great faith but his suffering led him to question.\u00a0 For Job, his loss was a terrible storm but God was always with him.<\/p>\n

Today Jesus crosses the sea in a boat accompanied by His disciples.\u00a0 Jesus is asleep when a great storm comes up.\u00a0 His disciples are scared for their lives and they see Jesus still sleeping. They wondered if He even cared.<\/p>\n

In their fear they go to Jesus.\u00a0 He immediately tells the winds, \u201cQuiet! Be still!\u201d <\/em>and the storm is over.<\/p>\n

When a storm comes up in our lives causing us to suffer, what is our response?\u00a0 Do we ask God to take it away?\u00a0 That should always be the starting point of our prayer but what if God doesn\u2019t take it away?\u00a0 Do we begin to doubt God or do we seek answers?<\/p>\n

God made us with the gift of reason.\u00a0 We are supposed to seek answers. Many times we might find an answer.\u00a0 Here I tend to always think of my mother.\u00a0 She died of emphysema and lung cancer.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because she smoked for thirty years.<\/p>\n

There are also questions I have that I can\u2019t find answers to.\u00a0 Sometimes it is as simple as feeling there is too much work for me to do and I can\u2019t get all done.\u00a0 Why is it so hard to be a pastor?<\/p>\n

Sometimes the answer might it isn\u2019t time yet or maybe it isn\u2019t for me to do it.\u00a0 Maybe it belongs to someone else. Maybe I am trying too hard and I need to relax and let God help me.<\/p>\n

God gives us the gift of reason but it isn\u2019t always enough.\u00a0 For the times when reason is not enough, God gives us the gift of faith.<\/p>\n

Knowledge is great and it is one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit but it is not the only gift.\u00a0 The Holy Spirit also gives us the gifts of understanding and wisdom to see as God sees.\u00a0 When we can\u2019t, the Holy Spirit helps us to have faith that God is with us.<\/p>\n

When we have storms in our lives that cause us to suffer may we always trust in God who always walks with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

12th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Job 38:1, 8-10 2 Corinthians 5:14-17 Mark 4:35-31 June 21, 2015 Job had been a patient person.\u00a0 By worldly standards he had been a great man with wealth and family but that had been taken from him by the evil one.\u00a0 His friends thought he must have sinned …<\/p>\n

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