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Corinthians 3:18-23 - On
Divisions in the Corinthian Church
Do not deceive
yourselves. If you think that you are wise in this age, you should become fools
so that you maybe become wise. For the wisdom of these worlds is foolishness
with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness, and
again, The Lord knows the thought of the wise, that they are futile.” So let no
one boast about human leaders. For all things are yours, whether Paul or
Apollos or Cephas of the world or life or death of the present or the
future-all belong to you, and you belong to Christ and Christ belongs to God.
Luke
5:1-11 – Jesus Calls the First Disciples
When he
had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and let
down our nets for a catch.” Simon answered, “Master, we have worked all night
long but have caught nothing. Yet if you say so, I will let down the nets.”
When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their tents were
beginning to break. So they signaled to their partners in the other board to
come and help them. And they came and filled both boats, so that they began to
sink. But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus knees, saying: “Go away
from me Lord for I am a sinful man!” For he and all who were with him were
amazed at the catch of fish they had taken; and so were James and John,
son of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Then Jesus said to Simon, “Do not
be afraid; from now on you will be catching people.” When they had brought
their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him.
Father Dan Donovan said that
the context of the gospel is about the remarkable catch of fish by the
disciples of Jesus. We can find in the gospel images such as nets and fish which symbolizes man’s
journey. There is a widespread of images around the world signifying that we are all in a journey, whatever the images are. With the words of
Jesus to Peter, “Do not be afraid you; will be catching people”, Father Dan advised the crowd to reap
for hope whenever we are touched by fear and trepidation.
As the school starts, Father Dan
mentioned that independent young people, especially the university students who
are launching into the deep, need encouragement and support from their families.
We hear stories calming the storms and see images of the church as boat in the sea
of the world. To the members of community, his words of advise is “Do
not be afraid, in joy and success, in pain
and fear, God is with you!”
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