Manna For The Soul: Luke 5:1-11

The WORD "Now it happened that he was standing one day by the Lake of Gennesaret, with the crowd pressing round him listening to the word of God, when he caught sight of two boats at the water's edge. The fishermen had got out of them and were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats -- it was Simon' s -- and asked him to put out a little from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat. When he had finished speaking he said to Simon, 'Put out into deep water and pay out your nets for a catch.' Simon replied, 'Master, we worked hard all night long and caught nothing, but if you say so, I will pay out the nets.' And when they had done this they netted such a huge number of fish that their nets began to tear, so they signaled to their companions in the other boat to come and help them; when these came, they filled both boats to sinking point. When Simon Peter saw this he fell at the knees of Jesus saying, 'Leave me, Lord; I am a sinful man.' For he and all his companions were completely awestruck at the catch they had made; so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were Simon' s partners. But Jesus said to Simon, 'Do not be afraid; from now on it is people you will be catching.' Then, bringing their boats back to land they left everything and followed him."   Luke 5:1-11 In other words In our life, we encounter instances where we are made to do things against our instincts or common sense. We would rather stick to doing things we are accustomed to. We are afraid to experiment with new and radical ideas. The "fear of the unknown" hinders us from venturing out into new ideas. But when we come to think about it, a lot of inventions and discoveries came about because some people were not afraid to experiment with new ideas or to deal with the "unknown." Our faith challenges us to rise above the ordinary and conventional. The common situation of sinfulness can only be eradicated if one would dare "go against the system" and venture out into the new life of God's grace.  Fr. Gil Alejandria, SVD   The WORD in other words   A Bee Bg