Thursday – 17 th Week in Ordinary Time Gospel – Matthew13:47-53 Gone Fishin! Jesus Boat, Capernaum So, after many on-the-water adventures, here is my definition of fishing. It’s a couple of minutes of either joyful success or utter failure surrounded by hours and hours of absolutely nothing, mostly utter failure. When you finally snag something on your line, it can be anything from a clump of seaweed, a piece of garbage, a fish so small you have to throw it back, tangled lines with your fishing buddy or maybe an actual keeper. Don’t get me wrong, those long hours of boredom can be very relaxing and meditative. But the real thrill, the real sense of hope and anticipation comes when you feel that pull on your line. You think maybe this is the ‘big one’, the one I can tell stories about the rest of my life. But hope meets reality only when your hook breaks the surface of the water and hope transforms into reality. You never know, yo...
