Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius · 54 of 80

Mysteries: Calming the Tempest

OF HOW CHRIST OUR LORD MADE THE TEMPEST OF THE SEA BE CALM St. Matthew writes Chapter 8 [23-28]. First Point. First: Christ our Lord being asleep at sea, a great tempest 27 arose. Second Point. Second: His Disciples, frightened, awakened Him. Whom He reprehends for the little faith which they had, saying to them: “`What do you fear, ye of little faith!’” Third Point. Third: He commanded the winds and the sea to cease: and, so ceasing, the sea became calm: at which the men wondered, saying: “`Who is this whom the wind and the sea obey?’”