THURSDAY, May 12

Luke 5:1-11. Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.

I’ve never understood the charms of fishing with a rod. The thought of spending an entire muggy afternoon  staring at the distant point where my fishing line disappears into the murk has always had limited appeal. All  I remember about the one fishing trip I took as a kid  was the mess I made trying to wind up the reel—knots and tangles everywhere—and the fear of impaling  myself on that nasty looking hook.

To use a net—now that would be a different story.  I once went seining on the beach of a barrier island.  With a friend on the other end, I took up one side of a long, narrow net that had been hooked to a set of  poles. We waded a few yards into the ocean with the net extended between us and then pulled it slowly through the water as we both waded back to the shore. I was amazed at how lush the catch was, teeming with sea creatures I never knew existed. Now I know how the apostles must have felt, their nets sunk deep in the water, their amazing catch a sign of God’s extraordinary bounty, of the power of Jesus’ promise that someday  they might pull all the world into God’s nets of love.

PRAY for the Dioceses of Niger West and Nike  (Province of Niger, Nigeria)

Ps 37:1-18 * 37:19-42; Daniel 5:13-30; 1 John 5:13-20(21)

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