FROM PANIC TO PART
Scripture Text "They saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near to the boat, and they were frightened/panicked" Jn 6: 19 Theme - “FROM PANIC TO PART” I w ould start my sharing with the expression "When a friend becomes a stranger, it feels like a part of me is missing". In today's gospel, Jesus becomes a stranger to the disciples who thought Jesus was a ghost and they were unable to recognize him. A stranger Jesus made them panic. Herod was panicked about Jesus’ birth which would result in the deaths of many infants . Followers became panicked about his authority in words and deeds . Peter , James, and John became panicky at hi s transfiguration in Tabor (Mt 17, 1-9). From the time the Pascal mystery occurred until the first day of his resurrection, the disciples experienced panic. Later, they ex...