SCRIPTURE COMMENTARY #263And there came down a storm of wind upon the lake: and they were filled and were in danger. And they came and awaked him, saying: "Master, we perish." But he arising, rebuked the wind and the rage of the water. And it ceased: and there was a calm. And he said to them: "Where is your faith?" (Luke 8:23-25)
THE CHURCH MILITANT, with the successor of St. Peter at the helm, is typified by Peter's little ship threatened with destruction by the storm. The Church has to contend with many adversaries; but our Lord is in her midst, and if at times He seems to slumber, He still knows the sufferings and dangers which threaten His Church, and all at once He will arise, command the storm by His Almighty word, and once more give back peace and liberty to His Church.
[From 'A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture' by Bishop Knecht, D.D.]
(1899 Douay-Rheims Bible)
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