Spirituality for Beginners

Fr. Bede's almost-daily reflections. When it comes to the spiritual life, we're all beginners. I also send these out by email. Contact me at bcamera@anselm.edu. God bless!





Friday, August 21, 2015

Try the other side

Do you remember the time when Peter and his companions had spent the whole night fishing and yet had caught nothing? And then Jesus told them to cast their nets on the other side of the boat, and they caught so many fish that they had trouble hauling in the nets.


What is this story trying to teach us? Perhaps that the solution to life’s challenges and life’s riddles was usually not where they were always looking but was on the other side of the boat. Have you found this to be true? You keep trying the same thing over and over again when suddenly you hear the voice of the man on the shore telling you to turn away from your usual solution and find the miracle in another direction? 

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