Tuesday, 16th Week, Ordinary Time
The parting of the Red Sea is an image of the freedom that God gives us in the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. God shows us the way, but we have to take the step. If the Hebrew people continued in their rumblings before Yahweh even after the Red sea was parted by God through Moses, and hasitatied to take the step in the middle of the parted sea, they would have remained slaves to the Egyptians. Even with complains the Hebrew people took the step of passing through the Red sea and so arrived at freedom at the other side.
God shows us the way - through creation, through his word, through his commandments, through Jesus his son. We have to take the step. We have to take the way God has prepared for us. Even with trials and doubts, we cannot arrive at the promised freedom without risking our discomfort.
God has shown us the way of love, self-denial, service, commitment, fidelity, compassion, forgiveness, communion and genuine joy. Are you willing to take the next step?
