Walking on Water with St. Peter and St. Sixtus

You know I hate standing up in front of people to speak, I am an introvert trying really hard to be extroverted, and so when I hear this passage in scriptures, I really relate to it.

There are some out there who God has blessed with the skills needed to be a priest: charisma, a sharp mind, nerves of steel. Peter and I on the other hand, need to rely on Jesus a whole lot more than others.

As Christians we are all baptized into Christ. We all share in his destiny—to be eternally with the Father, but we all also share in His weakness, in his cross, and although his yoke is easy and his burden light we too sometimes stumble and fall under its weight just as Jesus did under the Cross.

Our mission is a supernatural one to convert the world, to build up God’s kingdom this is what we are sent forth from Mass each day to do…

This task seems sometimes like walking on Water. Impossible! And so often we can be discouraged by the voice of the world, the howling wind that seems too strong for us. It is in these times that we need to cry out to Jesus: Lord Save ME

We know that Jesus will always be there to lift us up, when we call to him in distress.
And when he lifts us up we need to continue working

We need to ignore the wind, ignore the voice of the world, confident that he is always supporting us.A s Baptised members of the Body of Christ we must realize that God has already won the day.

That our little works, even if they seem fruitless, will one day be a little stone in the walls of the Kingdom.

This is the example of St. Sixtus, who we honor today. He died, and seemed a failure, but by his example Christ watered the ground of Rome so that His Church could grow strong on the blood of the Martyrs.

We are weak, but his is strong So let us make the prayer of Divine Mercy our prayer: Jesus I trust in you.