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LEARN TO BE A FOOL

Thursday Week 23 in Ordinary Time - St, Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church
‘Leave me, Lord; I am a sinful man.’

First reading 1 Corinthian 3:18-23 The wisdom of the world is foolishness to God

Make no mistake about it: if any one of you thinks of himself as wise, in the ordinary sense of the word, then he must learn to be a fool before he really can be wise. Why? Because the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. As scripture says: The Lord knows wise men’s thoughts: he knows how useless they are; or again: God is not convinced by the arguments of the wise. So there is nothing to boast about in anything human: Paul, Apollos, Cephas, the world, life and death, the present and the future, are all your servants; but you belong to Christ and Christ belongs to God.

Responsorial Psalm: The Lord’s is the earth and its fullness.

Gospel Luke 5:1-11 They left everything and followed him

Jesus was standing one day by the Lake of Gennesaret, with the crowd pressing round him listening to the word of God, when he caught sight of two boats close to the bank. The fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats – it was Simon’s – and asked him to put out a little from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.

When he had finished speaking he said to Simon, ‘Put out into deep water and pay out your nets for a catch.’ ‘Master,’ Simon replied, ‘we worked hard all night long and caught nothing, but if you say so, I will pay out the nets.’ And when they had done this they netted such a huge number of fish that their nets began to tear, so they signalled to their companions in the other boat to come and help them; when these came, they filled the two boats to sinking point. 

When Simon Peter saw this he fell at the knees of Jesus saying, ‘Leave me, Lord; I am a sinful man.’ For he and all his companions were completely overcome by the catch they had made; so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were Simon’s partners. But Jesus said to Simon, ‘Do not be afraid; from now on it is men you will catch.’ Then, bringing their boats back to land, they left everything and followed him.

At thy word O Lord. Father, I am unworthy to be your child. Wisdom of God be with me. May I serve you Lord. Help me to be considerate towards my creatures. Jesus, I trust in you. Virgin Mary, pray for me. Saint Joseph, pray for me. Saint Gregory, Pope, pray for me. My Angel guardian, pray for me.

AELF jeudi, 22ème Semaine du Temps Ordinaire -
S. Grégoire le Grand, pape et docteur de l'Eglise
«Seigneur, éloigne-toi de moi, car je suis un homme pécheur»

Évangile Luc 5,1-11  « Ils ramenèrent les barques au rivage et, laissant tout, ils le suivirent»

Un jour, Jésus se trouvait sur le bord du lac de Génésareth; la foule se pressait autour de lui pour écouter la parole de Dieu. Il vit deux barques amarrées au bord du lac; les pêcheurs en étaient descendus et lavaient leurs filets. Jésus monta dans une des barques, qui appartenait à Simon, et lui demanda de s'éloigner un peu du rivage. Puis il s'assit et, de la barque, il enseignait la foule.

Quand il eut fini de parler, il dit à Simon: «Avance au large, et jetez les filets pour prendre du poisson». Simon lui répondit: «Maître, nous avons peiné toute la nuit sans rien prendre; mais, sur ton ordre, je vais jeter les filets». Ils le firent, et ils prirent une telle quantité de poissons que leurs filets se déchiraient. Ils firent signe à leurs compagnons de l'autre barque de venir les aider. Ceux-ci vinrent, et ils remplirent les deux barques, à tel point qu'elles enfonçaient. 

A cette vue, Simon-Pierre tomba aux pieds de Jésus, en disant: «Seigneur, éloigne-toi de moi, car je suis un homme pécheur». L'effroi, en effet, l'avait saisi, lui et ceux qui étaient avec lui, devant la quantité de poissons qu'ils avaient prise; et de même Jacques et Jean, fils de Zébédée, ses compagnons. Jésus dit à Simon: «Sois sans crainte, désormais ce sont des hommes que tu prendras». Alors ils ramenèrent les barques au rivage et, laissant tout, ils le suivirent.

À ta parole, ô Seigneur. Père, je ne suis pas digne d'être ton enfant. Que la Sagesse de Dieu soit avec moi. Puissé-je te servir, Seigneur. Aide-moi à être bienveillant envers tes créatures. Jésus, j'ai confiance en toi. Vierge Marie, prie pour moi. Saint Joseph, prie pour moi. Saint Grégoire, pape, prie pour moi. Mon ange gardien, prie pour moi.

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