Please read this passage before reading the homily.
My sisters and brothers,
Jesus came towards the disciples walking upon the sea. They thought it was a ghost. Jesus called back to them and said, “It is I! Do not be afraid.”
When God reveled himself to Moses at the burning bush, Moses asked God’s name. God said, “I am who I am”. The literal of this in many languages is, “I am!” or “It is I”.
Who, then, walked on the sea to the disciples in their danger? It is the God of the burning bush, the God of the Exodus, the God who saves God’s people.
It is I, I am, I am who I am, is always walking through danger to rescue us. Who is present to us in the gathering of people for the Eucharist; it is the God who is who he is, the God who is the I Am.
Who is present when our lives are being drowned in the storms of life? It is the I-Am, the great I am who I am.
Who is it who speaks to us in the proclamation of scripture at Mass, if not the great I Am Who I AM? Who is it who commands bread and wine to change into the Body and Blood of Christ, if not the I AM who walked on the waters during the storm recounted in today’s reading from the Gospel?
Who is it who has power to destroy our sinfulness and bring us into the heavenly kingdom but the same I Am who I Am who led the chosen people from Egypt to the Promised Land and who has led all people out of death into the wonderful life of heaven if not the I Am wo I Am?
When we are out on the sea and the storms are raging about us and we think we are perishing, the God who walks on water, who commands the winds and the sea is still with us. At that time, we of little faith, we who are not, must let the One is the I AM Who I Am rescue us.