{"id":13377,"date":"2026-07-27T10:56:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T10:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franciscanosdemaria.org\/?p=13377"},"modified":"2026-07-27T10:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T10:56:15","slug":"sunday-xix-why-have-you-doubted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franciscanosdemaria.org\/en\/2026\/07\/27\/sunday-xix-why-have-you-doubted\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday XIX: Why have you doubted?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 9, 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cAnd when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, &#8220;Lord, save me!&#8221; And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, &#8220;O you of little faith, why did you doubt?&#8221;.\u201d \u00a0(Mathew 14, 29-33)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The normal thing in life is to go through moments of doubt, times in which it seems that God is away from us, if He does exist. They are the critical moments, the moments when our faith is put to the test. We would like the Lord to always answer rapidly, that we never had the sensation of loneliness, that God solved our problems when they overwhelm us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On the other hand, illness, deception, failure, make us feel with all its crudeness the weight of the cross which Christ carried on his shoulders and which led him to ask the Father why he had abandoned him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To come out of this situation there is nothing like remembering the gifts received in the past, the proof of his existence which God has given us on so many occasions and his love for us. From there we have no alternative but to put ourselves in his hands and, asking that he help us, do as Peter: throw ourselves into the lake to do the impossible: walk on water with the help of God. And if we feel ourselves sinking, we are lacking faith, don\u2019t doubt in asking for help as did St. Peter, although the Lord scolds us for our little faith. To walk on water, a symbol of understanding the plans of God, is not possible for us. The same way that nature doesn\u2019t allow us what it allows fish, our intelligence is limited in understanding the plans of God. But having faith is possible.\u00a0 Belief without understanding, accepting the mystery, accepting that God is greater than us, is within our reach, with his grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Intention:<\/u> <\/strong>When you have a problem and it seems that God doesn\u2019t help you, remember past moments. Be patient and don\u2019t forget that God writes straight with crocked lines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 9, 2026. \u201cAnd when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanosdemaria.org\/en\/2026\/07\/27\/sunday-xix-why-have-you-doubted\/\">Leer m\u00e1s \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/franciscanosdemaria.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13377"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/franciscanosdemaria.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/franciscanosdemaria.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/franciscanosdemaria.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/franciscanosdemaria.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/franciscanosdemaria.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13378,"href":"https:\/\/franciscanosdemaria.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13377\/revisions\/13378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/franciscanosdemaria.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/franciscanosdemaria.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/franciscanosdemaria.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}