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02-03-2019Weekly ReflectionFr. Bing Colasito

“Put out into the deep.” Lk. 5:4 The last Great Jubilee year set the stage for the new millennium, a celebration of the 2000th anniversary of the birth of Jesus. A new stage of the Church’s journey begins: our hearts ring out with the words of Jesus when one day, after speaking to the crowds from Simon's boat, he invited the Apostle to "put out into the deep" for a catch: "Duc in altum" (Lk 5:4).

Peter and his first companions trusted Christ's words, and cast the nets. When they had done this, they caught a great number of fish." (Lk 5:6) Duc in altum! These words ring out for us today, and they invite us to remember the past with gratitude, to live the present with enthusiasm and to look forward to the future with confidence: Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. (Heb 13:8) (Pope John Paul II, "At the Beginning of the New Millennium")

Lesson: Working on their own account the disciples grew tired and frustrated, but when they followed Jesus’ instruction and begun to work Christ’s way, the fruits of their labor is vastly disproportionate to their efforts, that their nets were to the point of breaking.

Be in God,
Fr. Bing

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