Peter sees the miracle worked by Jesus and responds by falling before him saying: "Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!" (Lk 5: 8) What had Peter been up to in his spare time!? We will never know but what we do know is that often we feel unworthy and weighed down by our sins. Jesus was not put off by this just as in the Resurrection he did not let Paul's persecution of the Church stop him. In fact, Jesus commissions Peter along with his partners. It seems that Peter's humility was a pre-condition to allowing him to have Jesus use him as an instrument of the Gospel. After all he had let down the nets in the first place. We, too, need to be aware of our sins and to strive to correct them but that should never get in the road of our readiness to do the work of the Kingdom.
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