Today’s gospel demonstrates our day-to-day expectations, failures, and disappointments which the apostles also faced before their calling. The apostles had fished all night long with no catch, with their expectations turning into disappointment.
Failures and disappointments are an inevitable part of our life. Sometimes, we find it difficult to cope with them like the apostles. We need a solution or a way to turn our failures and disappointments into steppingstones. Perhaps God is the only way, a guide and source to subdue all our failures. Our strength, abilities, and skills may fail us, but not God. We may lose faith in ourselves after facing endless failures, but we should never lose trust in God, who never fails us.
We must believe that God is greater than our failures. Even if we are self-sufficient, wealthy, and capable; we can fall prey to our failures and disappointments if there is no God in our lives. Let us pray that we will allow ourselves to be guided by the Lord in accordance with his will and act upon his word.
Vimal Kumar csc - Readings: 1 Cor 3:18-23; Lk 5:1-11 Today, the Gospel scenes remind me of the popular saying, “Expectation is the root of all heartache.” The disciples were very enthusiastic and experts in casting their net for fishing. However, it seems that failures translated their expectations into frustrations.…
Pritam Dangwar csc - Readings: Col 2:6-15; Lk 6: 12-19 The gospel reading invites us to discern the will of God. God chooses people for different purposes. In this reading, Jesus chooses the apostles who have failures, limitations, insufficient courage, and unbelief. But the Lord assures them that he will…
By Fr. Adolf Washington – A farmer picked up an orphaned baby eagle, named it ‘chickaboo’, and left her with the chickens he was raring. Chickaboo imitated the chickens in pecking at grain, scratching the ground for grubs and worms, all along, thinking she was a chicken. An eagle once…
Vimal Kumar csc - Readings: 1 Cor 3:18-23; Lk 5:1-11 Today, the Gospel scenes remind me of the popular saying, “Expectation is the root of all heartache.” The disciples were very enthusiastic and experts in casting their net for fishing. However, it seems that failures translated their expectations into frustrations.…
Pritam Dangwar csc - Readings: Col 2:6-15; Lk 6: 12-19 The gospel reading invites us to discern the will of God. God chooses people for different purposes. In this reading, Jesus chooses the apostles who have failures, limitations, insufficient courage, and unbelief. But the Lord assures them that he will…
By Fr. Adolf Washington – A farmer picked up an orphaned baby eagle, named it ‘chickaboo’, and left her with the chickens he was raring. Chickaboo imitated the chickens in pecking at grain, scratching the ground for grubs and worms, all along, thinking she was a chicken. An eagle once…
