JESUS ASKED them, “Children, have you caught anything to eat?” They answered Him, “No.” So Jesus said to them: “Cast the net over the right side of the boat and you will find something.” So they cast it, and were not able to pull it in because of the number of fish. So the disciple, whom Jesus loved, said to Peter, “It is the Lord.”
The Gospel teaches us to be totally reliant on Jesus. The disciples whose profession was fishing went back to their livelihood after the death of Jesus. They thought that they could still rely on their instinct to fish. However, there was no catch. Upon the instruction of Jesus, they listened to him and had their nets full!
Duc in Altum! Lord may we cast our nets, with all our hopes in faith entrusting our life to you. The disciples did not recognize Jesus immediately but later discovered it was HIM. At times too, we will not easily recognize Jesus but if we allow ourselves time to pray, discern and let Jesus lead us we can indeed follow HIM.
The assurance of Peter in loving Jesus is narrated
three times: DO YOU LOVE ME? “FEED MY LAMBS, TEND MY SHEEP AND FEED MY LAMBS!”
Lord we may fail to follow you at times, thank you so much for the opportunity
to assure you of our love. We may have our faults, flaws, and failures but you
are full of mercy. JESUS tells us: “FOLLOW ME!” (MBC)
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