Reflections

Sunday, January 21, 2018

Jesus said to them, “Come after me and I will make you fishers of men.” Then they abandoned their nets and followed him.
(Mark 1:17-18)

Their nets, Lord were their livelihood, but, even more, their family ties, their lifestyle, everything familiar. They were their network.

What do I have to abandon to follow you? I might move farther from family and friends, but in this age communication reaches far. I will have to change some routines and dispose of possessions, but how freeing it will be to start again, in a different place, to make new connections and renew old ones. I want to go where I can walk to daily Mass and be among people who will know how to use what skills and talents I still have. It does not feel at all like sacrifice.

Did the Apostles feel that freedom when they followed you? They were drawn irresistibly. Your call must have filled them with fervor. Please, Lord, wherever I am, whether I go or stay, give me that fervor.

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