My net is filled

When Peter said to Jesus that he had already tried to fish and that there was no use in doing it again, he (Peter I mean) must have felt or seen something in the Lord that made him stop in his tracks.

Which was the reason why he said that he would do it again, just because Jesus asked him to.
He did, and the results were nets filled with fish.

Now, what I fail to understand is Peter’s reaction next. He was full of fear and told the Lord:
“Please, do not come near me, I am but a sinner.”

Yes, maybe, but if Jesus had decided to help him, there was no reason to fear.
I fail, just as I said before, to understand why Peter was so afraid, but I view this passage as one of great hope.

Because my net may be empty at this moment, but if I approach Jesus and ask Him to help me, He may be willing to send me back to the lake and this time, against all odds, I may be filling it with fish.

In this day and age, fish is a metaphoric way of calling other things, it may be work, money, business, peace of mind. We know what we need, God knows even better.

But this passage of the Gospels, serves us very well, because it reminds us, that if we are doing our part, that is working towards the objective we have set ourselves, we can count on his supernatural help.
Just as He did with Peter.
Nothing without You, and nothing without Me.

But there is a catch, there always is. However, it is a simple one, of difficult, depending on how we view it.

If we want our efforts to end in success, we must be faithful to His teachings and believe that God has our best interest at heart.

In other words, we are asked to have faith.
That is all we need.
Work and have faith.

The rest is in God’s hands.

Let us ask Our Blessed Mother, the Mater of Schoenstatt to grant us that faith that will motivate Our Lord Jesus Christ to grant us the immense benefit of his favor.