CHAPTER 5 VER. 6. _They inclosed a great multitude of fishes_ for Peter had said, "At Thy word I will let down the net." "Behold here the fruit and reward of obedience. Jesus did this 1. In order that by providing them with food, He might prepare them for their vocation and ministry. I have chosen y... [ Continue Reading ]
_And they beckoned unto their partners_ becausefrom joy and wondering astonishment they were unable to speak. Ver. 10. _Fear not_ (be not lost in astonishment, from henceforth you are to be fishermen in a higher sense of the word), from henceforth thou shalt catch men. _ζωγζω̃ν_ from _ζωγζέω_, which... [ Continue Reading ]
_I came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance i.e._, to call them by means of repentance to grace and future glory. Hence as S. Ambrose acutely remarks, "If grace flows from repentance, he who thinks little of repentance forfeits grace.... [ Continue Reading ]