Just as we will begin the season of Fall this Saturday, this weekend is the First Sunday of Luke. Therefore, it seems appropriate that this Sunday’s Gospel is also about beginnings; specifically, the beginning of Christ calling His Disciples to their ministry.
We are in the village of Gennesaret, where the size of the crowd makes it necessary for Christ to speak to them from a fishing boat. When Christ finishes, He turns to Simon, the owner of the boat, and suggests that Simon put down his nets. Simon is tired. He worked all night and has caught nothing, but something makes him obey…
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