THEY WANTED TO TAKE HIM INTO THE BOAT

At 6,1-7; Ps 32; Jn 6,16-21
14 APRIL
Never might Jesus be from the will of men, not even from the most holy and true. He must always be and remain from the will of the Father. This truth is the heart of the Gospel according to John. We can say that it is the truth of Christ the Lord, from which every other truth springs. He comes from the Father’s will to do the will of the Father. He has never been from himself, either in eternity, or in time. He is from God. It is his essence and it is also the substantial, moral and spiritual difference with every other.

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to finish his work (Jn 4, 34). “I cannot do anything on my own; I judge as I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me (Jn 5, 30). Because I came down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me (Jn 6, 38). And this is the will of the one who sent me, that I should not lose anything of what he gave me, but that I should raise it (on) the last day (Jn 6, 39). For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him (on) the last day” (Jn 6, 40). Whoever chooses to do his will shall know whether my teaching is from God or whether I speak on my own (Jn 7, 17). We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if one is devout and does his will, he listens to him (Gv 9, 31).

After the multiplication of the loaves, knowing Jesus the intentions of his people, he immediately seeks refuge with his Father, not only because the Father confirms him in his will, which certainly is not that of men, but also because he gives him every strength in Holy Spirit so that he does not fall into their mortal trap. In this every man must imitate Jesus the Lord. Man tempts man so that he comes out of the will of God and is made according to his will. Those who are tempted must immediately seek refuge with the Lord and ask him for every light and strength. The light to see and the strength to decide. Many men ruin their lives because they let themselves be dragged into the will of others, which is almost always of sin and death. Every word of the other can be a temptation for us.

The Apostles are in the sea. The wind is strong. They row, but do not reach the shore. Still a substantial difference between Jesus and also his Apostles. Jesus comes out of contact with the Father and walks on the waves. He does not let himself be conquered by the temptations of men. He does not dive into their waters, in which one roams and works in vain, without ever reaching the true goal. On the contrary, the Apostles, since they are without Christ the Lord, they are immersed in the waters of history and never might they advance towards the goal. When does the boat reach the shore? When they wanted to take Jesus on the boat. Jesus goes up on their boat and it also walks, indeed it flies on the waves of the sea. It is no longer immersed in the water, but it is above the waters, it even comes immediately out of the waters.

When it was evening, his disciples went down to the sea, embarked in a boat, and went across the sea to Capernaum. It had already grown dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. The sea was stirred up because a strong wind was blowing. When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they began to be afraid. But he said to them, “It is I. Do not be afraid.” They wanted to take him into the boat, but the boat immediately arrived at the shore to which they were heading.

A further reflection is required. Not because we are disciples of Christ Jesus, his boat, his Church and his body, Jesus is with us. Like every night Jesus took the Father on the boat of his life – yet He and the Father are one only thing – so every day and every night the disciple, the Church, his body must want to take Jesus with him, in his life, in his boat, in his ministry, in his mission and in the Church. The will to take Christ Jesus must be uninterrupted, moment by moment. If a single moment is without Christ, temptation immediately attacks and bites. One rushes into the sea of ​​history, rows, but never reaches the shore. Knowing that without Christ the boat of our life does not advance towards its goal, everyone must want to take Christ with him on the boat. He takes him, the boat rises on the waves and reaches immediately the shore.

Virgin Mary, Mother of the Redemption, Angels, Saints, make us of resolute and strong will.