With bursting nets
the Zeebeedes filled both the boats,
while Peter stood and gawked.
The fishermen made fast transition
from netting for fish
to enticement for people,
from Isaiah wailing
for his lack of speech
through the final days
of the drama of redemption.
The Gospel sets the lines
for the final plunge of the nets,
with nets of crisscrossed highways
that leads the world to mercy,
in nets that fill the Church’s bark.
February 7, 2016
Bonaventure Stefun, OFM Cap.
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