The theme of today’s Reading is Vocation. Most people, when they hear the word “vocation”, think only of a vocation to the priesthood or religious life. This is too limited a concept. There is a vocation to marriage or the single life. Every vocation requires responsible, courageous people, capable of deep trust, who are unafraid of risk. However, the majority of us live our vocation in our families - parents, children and young adults. All of us fulfil our call by our neighbourliness, our concern for others, our friendship and by giving of our time to others.
Priests and religious have a call to a particular way of life, a way that involves ministering to others in a special way.
God knows how desperately the church, at this time, needs men and women to meet that call.
In this year of priests, we should pray for those people who are discerning whether or not God is calling them to the priesthood or religious life.
Simon and his companions were exhausted, disappointed men and it was not easy for them to respond to Jesus’ instruction, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch”. But they saw in Jesus something that moved them to hope and do His bidding.
Their response was rewarded abundantly. Their great trust in God is the lesson we learn from the Gospel story.
So the question for all of us is -
Do I trust in God?
God can do all things, even when they appear to us impossible.
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