He walked
along from there and saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and his
brother John. They were in a boat, with their father Zebedee, mending their
nets. He called them, and immediately they left their boat and their father and
followed him.
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Reflection:
Have you had an experience of being called by your name?
Anyone who calls your name will surely get your attention. You will stretch your neck to look for that person who called you by your name. Why do you respond? You respond for the simple reason that you assume that the one who called you by your name knows you.
In the gospel today Jesus called Simon Peter, Andrew,
James and John all of them ordinary fishermen. Did they know Jesus deeply
beforehand? No, but Jesus certainly knew the four fishermen otherwise He would
not have called them.
Jesus knew their sinfulness, their weaknesses and even
their lack of education He knew yet He called them. What does this call of the
apostles tell us? This tells us that notwithstanding our shortcomings whatever
these shortcomings are the Lord is still calling us to follow Him.
Jesus knows about our failings and weaknesses, even
our sinfulness He knows also; yet He still calls us to follow Him. And become
His partner in His mission to advance the good news of our salvation. Would we
respond to His perpetual call? Or we continue to sit idly and be slaves of this
material and fleeting world?
The wisdom filled choice is to always respond and become a follower of Jesus. Why? Because we will never go wrong the moment we follow the Lord. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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