PODCAST - Press sideways triangle below to
listen
Monday 1st Week OT
St. Luke’s Institute
January 12, 2015
WHEN WE’RE ASKED TO
DO SOMETHING +++++++++
Ø
What
is the first thing that pops into your heard when you are unexpectedly asked to
do something?
Ø
Isn’t
it a concern about how it will impact what is already on your schedule for the
day?
Ø
That’s
not a bad response
Ø
It
is a responsible appropriate one
Ø
There
are other people and your own expectations that need to be taken into account
Ø
But
sometimes doesn’t your mind begin to send up several flags for self-protection…
Ø
“I’m already doing a lot”
Ø
“This may make me tired”
Ø
What not ask somebody else,
especially that person who never does anything”
Ø
If
we’re not careful, before we know it, we may become paralyzed and end up doing
nothing
WHEN FISHERMEN ARE
ASKED TO DO SOMETHING +
Ø
The
call of the fishermen in today’s Gospel is remarkable because of their
immediate response
Ø
“They left their nets and followed
him”
Ø
From
information about their later lives we know that this was no whim or fancy on
their part
Ø
To
the contrary, they all stayed with Jesus; following him to the end
Ø
Three
of them of them died for him
Ø
We
also know, from other Gospel passages, that it was probably not this simple
Ø
The
fishermen had known about Jesus earlier
Ø
Perhaps
that makes their response even more impressive
Ø
Meaning,
they had counted the cost and still said yes
Ø
And
perhaps they had talked it over with their wives, who should get some credit
too
AN ALTERNATIVE WHEN
ASKED +++++++++++++++++
Ø
Today,
when you are surprised by a request, see if you can sense what prompts your
initial reaction
Ø
And
wonder, can the Kingdom break into your ordinary life, this ordinary day?
CONCLUSION ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ø
The
deeper questions is whether I have the freedom of the fishermen or not
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
