FRIDAY 14th APRIL 2023
John 21, 1-14:
“Jesus said to them, “Friends, have you any fish?” They answered, “No”. He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some. So they cast it, and they had no strength to pull it in because of the multitude of fish”.
Seven disciples of Jesus, bored and with nothing else to do, go fishing. Possibly longing for the job that some of them had before they followed Jesus. But that night “they caught nothing”.
The Risen Jesus is present and orders them to cast the net.
They cast it, and “they were not strong enough to pull it in because of the multitude of fish”.
How many times also in our spiritual life we do things out of routine, out of boredom, without any enthusiasm.
We pray because we have to, we go to Mass as a routine, we take part in this or that celebration because we have nothing better to do.
And so we don’t “catch anything”.
Turn to the Risen Jesus this Easter season. You will see that his saving power overcomes your apathies, your routines and your boredom.
And you will notice that your spiritual life is resurrected in an “abundant catch”.
Good day to you.
Antonio Sanjuan Cmf
