Opening Prayer: Most High, glorious God, enlighten the
darkness of my heart, and give me right faith, certain hope, and perfect
charity, wisdom and understanding, Lord, that I may carry out your holy and
true command. Amen. ~St. Francis of Assisi
Scripture: Luke 5:1-11
Journal: What was God calling Simon Peter and his friends to
do? What would they be leaving
behind? What was their main vocation
from then on? How does this speak to
what God is calling you to do?
Reflection:
Vocare, to call, of course, and a man’s vocation is a man’s calling. It is the work that he is called to in this
world, the thing that he is summoned to spend his life doing. We can speak of a man’s choosing his
vocation, but perhaps it is at least as accurate to speak of a vocation’s
choosing the man, of a call’s being given and a man’s hearing it. And maybe that is the place to start: the business of listening and hearing. A man’s life is full of all sorts of voices
calling him in all sorts of directions. Some of them are voices from inside and some
of them are voices from outside. The
more alive and alert we are, the more clamorous our lives are. Which do we listen to? What kind of voice do we listen for? (The Hungering Dark by
Frederick Buechner)
Prayers
Closing Prayer: Look upon us, O Lord, and let all the darkness
of our souls vanish before the beams of thy brightness. Fill us with holy love, and open to us the
treasures of thy wisdom. All our desire
is known unto thee, therefore perfect what thou hast begun, and what thy Spirit
has awakened us to ask in prayer. We
seek thy face, turn thy face unto us and show us thy glory. Then shall our longing be satisfied, and our
peace shall be perfect. ~St. Augustine
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