In today's reading from Luke 5, Jesus called Simon the fisherman to be a fisher of men. After Jesus finished speaking to the crowds from Simon's boat, he asked him to lower the net into deep water for a catch. Simon replied, "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. When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said, "Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man." This reaction is normal, for he had not yet realized that Jesus could forgive sins. Otherwise, he would have repented of his sins and asked Jesus to take them away. Therefore, we as sinners need to welcome the Lord into our lives instead of running away from him.
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