September 12, 2010 – Acts 27:13 - 27:44

Arr, a shipwreck without pirates. We just had a reading in Mass about the centurion and his faith in Christ even though he was a Roman soldier. Here we have a similar situation where those that are not believers, but Roman guards of Paul, have faith in what Paul is saying. They basically put their life in his hands, at least the second time around, as Paul tells them they didn’t listen to him the first time around. It does sound like the ship was in pretty bad shape. I don’t know much about boats, but to put ropes around the bottom of the boat to hold it together, sounds pretty dyer. Yet, you get the sense that Paul is pretty calm the whole time. Reminds you of Jesus and the Apostles on the stormy sea. Although Paul does not calm the storm, he does say that if they stay with him they will be fine. His travels have now taken him to just south of Italy.