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document.write('<h3>Scripture Reflection for the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time</h3><p><strong><em>by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.');
document.write('parishwebmaster.com/services/authors/bio_bjubar.htm"><font color="#000000">Brandon Jubar</font></a></em></strong></p><h');
document.write('3> Reading I: <a href="http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/isaiah/isaiah6.htm#v1">Isaiah 6:1-2a, 3-8</a><br />Reading II: <a ');
document.write('href="http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/1corinthians/1corinthians15.htm#v1">1 Corinthians 15:3-8, 11</a><br />GOSPEL: <a hr');
document.write('ef="http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/luke/luke5.htm#v1">Luke 5:1-11</a></h3><h3>Here I Am, Lord</h3><p>It seems to be hu');
document.write('man nature to strive for stability and security.  We do our best to bring order to our lives and keep uncertainty and co');
document.write('nfusion at bay.  For many of us, Christianity appears to be a safety blanket -- a spiritual insurance policy that will k');
document.write('eep us safe and sound on high ground.  However, today\'s readings show us that Christ is calling us to leave the shore an');
document.write('d strike out for deeper waters.</p><h3>Who?  Me?</h3><p>I have been involved in Youth Ministry for many years -- it is');
document.write(' sort of my "thing".  I have held full-time, part-time, and (mainly) volunteer positions over the years, and have receiv');
document.write('ed fairly extensive training.  I am good with the teens, I enjoy working with them, and I am very comfortable with the r');
document.write('ole I play in our program. Thus, I was a bit surprised when, in the spring of 2001, the Holy Spirit called me to do some');
document.write('thing quite a bit different.</p><p>Through a rather mundane series of events, I found myself maintaining the last remna');
document.write('nt of a Young Adult Ministry program that had fizzled out:  its Web site.  What needed to be done was pretty clear -- ne');
document.write('w content must be added on a regular basis. I felt called to do something about it, but my initial reaction was one of d');
document.write('isbelief.  Who?  Me?  You want <b>me</b> to do this?  </p><p>When the Lord said "yes", my next response was similar to ');
document.write('Simon Peter\'s in the gospel reading:   Not me, Lord!  I am neither worthy nor capable of doing this!</p><h3>Into Deeper');
document.write(' Waters</h3><p>Isaiah was afraid that he would die because he was an unclean sinner before the Lord.  But the Lord ensu');
document.write('red that he was cleansed of sin, and thus when the Lord asked, "Whom shall I send?"  Isaiah replied, "Here I am... send ');
document.write('me!"</p><p>St. Paul believed himself to be "the least of the apostles, not fit to be called an apostle, because [he] pe');
document.write('rsecuted the church of God."   And yet Christ appeared to him, and he not only converted to Christianity, but also becam');
document.write('e one of the greatest fishers of men.</p><p>Simon Peter, in Luke\'s gospel, implored Jesus to leave his presence because');
document.write(' he was a sinful man.  But Jesus had other ideas, and Peter followed him, eventually becoming another great fisher of me');
document.write('n.</p><p>The thing these three have in common is the fear of being unworthy and incapable of accomplishing the task bei');
document.write('ng asked of them.  It is exactly the way I felt when the Lord asked me to head out for deeper waters and use the \'Net to');
document.write(' catch men and women for him.  I was not a writer, but the Spirit has worked through me.  Since that spring, I have writ');
document.write('ten one or more articles each week -- every week -- and the Lord continues to inspire me.</p><p>I am not unusual, thoug');
document.write('h.  As Christians, we are <b>all</b> called to go forth and be fishers of men.  It is not easy.  It is not comfortable. ');
document.write(' It is not always safe.  But it is what Jesus has asked us to do.  So hop in those boats, head out to deeper waters, and');
document.write(' start casting those nets!</p><hr><h3>Life Applications:</h3><p>Have you ever felt "called" by God?  Explain.<br />How');
document.write(' do you talk about God outside of Church?  To co-workers?<br />Where are your "deeper waters"?  What does that mean to y');
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