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 <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>today’s Gospel gives us the story of the miraculous draught of fishes. 
</b></span>In many ways, the whole of the spiritual life can be read off of this 
piece.</span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">
</span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>Without
 being invited, Jesus simply gets into the fisherman’s boat. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">This is to 
insinuate himself in the most direct way into Simon’s life</span>. And without 
further ado, he begins to give orders, first asking Simon to put out 
from the shore and then to go out into the deep. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">This represents the 
invasion of grace</span>. </b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>The single most important decision that you will ever
 make is this: Will you cooperate with Jesus once he decides to get into
 your boat? </b></span></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> </span><br><span>In
 many ways, everything else in your life is seconda<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>ry, is commentary. 
When the Lord Jesus Christ gets into your boat, he will always lead you 
to the depths. </b></span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:italic">Duc in altum</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">, as St. John Paul II loved to quote. More dangerous? Yes. More exciting? Yes. </span></b></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> </span><br><span>Now,
 mind you, <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>the depths we’re talking about here are spiritual depths</b></span>. The
 excitement we’re talking about is <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>the true excitement that comes from 
spiritual transformation. </b><b>The depths have nothing to do with</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>what the 
world considers important or exciting.</b></span></span></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>

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