{"content":[{"text":"The Storm Before The Calm \n Instead of focusing on the disciple’s lack of faith in the midst of \n a storm, let’s focus on Jesus in this Gospel passage.","bbox":{"left":0.042353,"top":0.304851,"width":0.6280600000000001,"height":0.06530800000000003}},{"text":"After spending time teaching and ministering to crowds, Jesus \n informed his disciples that they were immediately going to cross \n to the other side of the lake, right then, in the evening, when \n there was a higher danger of storms. The disciples took him in \n the boat just as he was. That meant that Jesus felt the need to get \n to the other side and not waste any time gathering his \n possessions. He was fine with leaving the crowds because he’d \n heard a call. What was on the other side of the lake was not relief \n from crowds but the deep needs of the Gerasene demoniac.","bbox":{"left":0.042353,"top":0.385349,"width":0.5152120000000001,"height":0.14527099999999998}},{"text":"Nothing was going to stop Jesus from getting to the other side of that lake. Possessions didn’t matter. The \n likelihood of a storm didn’t matter. There was someone there who desperately needed him and nothing was going to \n deter him from going after one lost sheep.","bbox":{"left":0.042353,"top":0.545981,"width":0.9121800000000001,"height":0.0487479999999999}},{"text":"Jesus may not have been chastising his disciples for not having enough faith in that microcosmic moment of storm- \n terror. That would make faith very self-centric and only concerned with how God will help the fearful in the \n moment – hang the needs of anyone else. Perhaps he was calling them to have faith that when God calls and when \n God loves and when God is moving in ways that impacts the lives of many and not just the few, storms cannot \n prevent him from reaching his desired goals.","bbox":{"left":0.042353,"top":0.607619,"width":0.912379,"height":0.08347399999999994}},{"text":"Of course God is concerned for our immediate fears and it is not his desire that we should be terror stricken but \n maybe sometimes we need to take a moment to step back from the terror and realize God is bringing us to the other \n side of the lake and he will allow nothing to deter that. Someone or something on the other side needs us and we \n need to be there. \n Macrocosmic. Looking at the bigger picture. Jean Allen","bbox":{"left":0.042353,"top":0.706435,"width":0.9116670000000001,"height":0.08893799999999996}},{"text":"We wish all \n fathers, grandfathers, \n Godfathers and foster \n fathers \n A Blessed & \n Happy Father’s Day","bbox":{"left":0.253098,"top":0.821989,"width":0.22890800000000006,"height":0.13360300000000003}},{"text":"Parish Office closure \n The Parish office will be closed on \n Thursday & Friday, July 8 & 9, and Friday, July 16. \n ————————————————— \n Bulletins during summer \n Starting July 4th, there will be limited publication of bulletins. \n Thank you!","bbox":{"left":0.508709,"top":0.824922,"width":0.44876099999999997,"height":0.12563899999999995}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.029413,"top":0.022715,"width":0.938006,"height":0.265417},{"left":0.573987,"top":0.340644,"width":0.385605,"height":0.188169},{"left":0.036971,"top":0.809668,"width":0.190801,"height":0.159116}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.029413,"top":0.022715,"width":0.938006,"height":0.265417},{"left":0.573987,"top":0.340644,"width":0.385605,"height":0.188169},{"left":0.036971,"top":0.809668,"width":0.190801,"height":0.159116}]}