Gospel:
Luke 5:1-11
While the
crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God, he was
standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. He saw two boats there alongside the lake;
the fishermen had disembarked and were washing their nets. Getting into one of
the boats, the one belonging to Simon, he asked him to put out a short distance
from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat. After he
had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and lower
your nets for a catch.” Simon said in reply, “Master, we have worked hard all
night and have caught nothing, but at your command I will lower the nets.” When
they had done this, they caught a great number of fish and their nets were
tearing. They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come to help
them.
They came
and filled both boats so that the boats were in danger of sinking. When Simon
Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said, “Depart from me, Lord,
for I am a sinful man.” For astonishment at the catch of fish they had made
seized him and all those with him, and likewise James and John, the sons of
Zebedee, who were partners of Simon. Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid;
from now on you will be catching men.” When they brought their boats to the
shore, they left everything and followed him.
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Reflection:
From
ordinary fishermen to extra-ordinary fishers of men, this we can best describe
the lives of Simon Peter, James and John. Who transformed them to become fishers
of men? Jesus! Why were they transformed by Jesus? Because they obeyed, they
simply followed the command of the Lord.
When we
obey Jesus, extra-ordinary things begin to happen to us; but how could we hear
the voice of Jesus? How would we know that Jesus is talking to us when we don’t
see and feel His physical presence?
Jesus
speaks to us through the readings at Holy Mass, Jesus speaks to us through the
priest who prepared for his homily. Jesus speaks to us also when we read His
words in the bible and through the words and commentaries of well-meaning
people.
Through
these we hear Jesus calling us to conversion and to faithfully follow Him.
Nothing is impossible for as long as we follow and for as long as we put our
faith and trust in Jesus.
Simon
Peter, James, John and the other fishermen who were with them during that early
morning obeyed the impossible command of Jesus. To once again put their nets (A
short distance from them) into the sea because they would be catching the
greatest number of fish. And true enough they caught the biggest number of fish
in all of their life as fishermen.
The
moment you begin to obey Jesus extra-ordinary things would begin to happen to
you as well. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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