Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 75
7 FEB 2016 A.D.

First Reading IS 6:1-2A, 3-8


(Isaiah in the Temple, Edward Knippers, 2005)

In the year King Uzziah died,
I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne,
with the train of his garment filling the temple.
Seraphim were stationed above.

They cried one to the other,
“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts!
All the earth is filled with his glory!”
At the sound of that cry, the frame of the door shook
and the house was filled with smoke.

Then I said, “Woe is me, I am doomed!
For I am a man of unclean lips,
living among a people of unclean lips;
yet my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!”
Then one of the seraphim flew to me,
holding an ember that he had taken with tongs from the altar.

He touched my mouth with it, and said,
“See, now that this has touched your lips,
your wickedness is removed, your sin purged.”

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying,
“Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?”
“Here I am,” I said; “send me!”

Responsorial Psalm PS 138:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 7-8

R. In the sight of the angels I will sing your praises, Lord.

I will give thanks to you, O LORD, with all my heart,
for you have heard the words of my mouth;
in the presence of the angels I will sing your praise;
I will worship at your holy temple
and give thanks to your name.
R. In the sight of the angels I will sing your praises, Lord
.
Because of your kindness and your truth;
for you have made great above all things
your name and your promise.
When I called, you answered me;
you built up strength within me.
R. In the sight of the angels I will sing your praises, Lord.

All the kings of the earth shall give thanks to you, O LORD,
when they hear the words of your mouth;
and they shall sing of the ways of the LORD:
“Great is the glory of the LORD.”
R. In the sight of the angels I will sing your praises, Lord.

Your right hand saves me.
The LORD will complete what he has done for me;
your kindness, O LORD, endures forever;
forsake not the work of your hands.
R. In the sight of the angels I will sing your praises, Lord.

Second Reading 1 COR 15:1-11

I am reminding you, brothers and sisters,
of the gospel I preached to you,
which you indeed received and in which you also stand.
Through it you are also being saved,
if you hold fast to the word I preached to you,
unless you believed in vain.
For I handed on to you as of first importance what I also received:
that Christ died for our sins
in accordance with the Scriptures;
that he was buried;
that he was raised on the third day
in accordance with the Scriptures;
that he appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve.
After that, Christ appeared to more
than five hundred brothers at once,
most of whom are still living,
though some have fallen asleep.
After that he appeared to James,
then to all the apostles.
Last of all, as to one born abnormally,
he appeared to me.
For I am the least of the apostles,
not fit to be called an apostle,
because I persecuted the church of God.
But by the grace of God I am what I am,
and his grace to me has not been ineffective.
Indeed, I have toiled harder than all of them;
not I, however, but the grace of God that is with me.
Therefore, whether it be I or they,
so we preach and so you believed.


(The Miracle, Henri-Pierre Picou, 1850)

Or 1 COR 15:3-8, 11

Brothers and sisters,
I handed on to you as of first importance what I also received:
that Christ died for our sins
in accordance with the Scriptures;
that he was buried;
that he was raised on the third day
in accordance with the Scriptures;
that he appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve.
After that, he appeared to more
than five hundred brothers at once,
most of whom are still living,
though some have fallen asleep.
After that he appeared to James,
then to all the apostles.
Last of all, as to one abnormally born,
he appeared to me.
Therefore, whether it be I or they,
so we preach and so you believed.


(Miraculous Draft of Fishes, Jacopo Bassano, 1545)

Alleluia MT 4:19

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Come after me
and I will make you fishers of men.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.


(Miraculous Draft of Fishes, James Tissot, 1894)

Gospel LK 5:1-11

While the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening
to the word of God,
he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret.
He saw two boats there alongside the lake;
the fishermen had disembarked and were washing their nets.
Getting into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon,
he asked him to put out a short distance from the shore.
Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.
After he had finished speaking, he said to Simon,
“Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch.”
Simon said in reply,
“Master, we have worked hard all night and have caught nothing,
but at your command I will lower the nets.”
When they had done this, they caught a great number of fish
and their nets were tearing.
They signaled to their partners in the other boat
to come to help them.
They came and filled both boats
so that the boats were in danger of sinking.
When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said,
“Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.”
For astonishment at the catch of fish they had made seized him
and all those with him,
and likewise James and John, the sons of Zebedee,
who were partners of Simon.
Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid;
from now on you will be catching men.”
When they brought their boats to the shore,
they left everything and followed him.

Bible Study--5th Sunday in Ordinary Time--Cycle C


“Put out into deep water!” Throw aside the pessimism that makes a coward of you. “And let down your nets for a catch.” Don’t you see that you, like Peter, can say: “Jesus, if you say so, I will search for souls”? -St. Josemaria Escriva

Thank you BNA

Follow... crawl if you have to.

Yes, angelfire!

Love your choice of words:

...CRAWL if you have to!

Angelfire, I agree. Nice to see another wonderful post BeNotAfraid. And as always many thanks. I hope you both have a Blessed and happy Super Bowl weekend.

You are too kind, artman54! Happy and glad to do all this.

Yes--you and angelfire have a "Super" weekend.

P.S.
I won't be watching SuperBowl 50--in fact, we don't watch any tv in our household, since we tossed out all our tvs about 10 years ago.

We vacationed for many weeks in your grand state, Texas, back then--drove from SA, all through the Hill Country, over to a bit of the Panhandle, and then on to DFW. All this time, we never watched tv. (Way too much to do in your remarkable state: horses, swim, tube, hike, fish, cycle, see the sights...endless.) When we got back home, we said "Who needs tv?" Tossed 'em all out on the tree-law. Hey, to each their own. Some need 'em, some don't.We found out we can get along without it.

We get all our "images" and visuals from our laptops, notepads, or (get this) Public Library, which has 1,000s of great c/ds--religion, music, art, theater, sports--you name it/

Me and the Mrs. are old-timers, and actually remember this quote by JFK's Head of the FCC, Newt Minow, way back then in 1961:



...good 'ole Newt is still with us at 90+



and "back in the day"...

We grew up without a TV. All six of us were voracious readers!



Two very inspiring people in my life. BNA Artman... God bless you both.

Thank you BNF and AF. Through this website I have gained two great friends. I am thankful for y'alls friendship.  BNF I understand about the TV. Didn't have one growing up and lived several years without one. I have one now but but rarely watch it. I am also old enough to remember JFK although I was only 9 when he was killed.  And thanks for the compliments on Texas. It really is a wonderful place and state of mind. Wishing you both a Blessed week.

I second that, artman54!

We have gained each other's affection, and friendship.

How fortunate I am to have you two as dear friends. GOD IS GOOD TO ME!

You are both a blessing to me.

Thank you, angelfire!

You are oh, so very "special" to me!

---Walk with God---