The author of the Noah story in today's reading from Genesis (6: 5-8; 7:1-5,10) shows a frustrated Creator, regretting that he had created us, bringing him to the verge of cashing it all in, along with the innocent animals and vegetation on which the out-of-control generation depended. End it all and be done with it. In rhw gospel for today, we find the disciples fretting because they had forgotten to bring along bread with them in the boat.
Don't we also find ourselves more often than not "down" on the antics of people, even our own families, or kicking ourselves for forgetting some essential after our grocery shopping, or misplacing a phone number, or the phone itself? In the Genesis story, God's attention is drawn to the one righteous man whose goodness diverts the vengeful God from destroying the entire world, but through the Ark, gives the human race a second chance. And Jesus reminds the disciples and us, that there are more important things on which we should focus our attention, and not let petty concerns throw us for the proverbial loop. It bears repeating that keeping our eyes on Jesus, his love, his power, his past "rescues" we need not "lose our cool."
Bro .Rene
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