Responsorial Psalm
I thank you, O Lord, with all my heart,
for you have heard the word of my lips.
I sing your praise in the presence of the gods.
I bow down towards your holy temple
And give thanks to your name,
for your love and faithfulness,
for your word which exceeds everything.
You answered me when I called;
you restored my soul and made me strong.
O Lord, all kings on earth will give you praise,
when they have heard your words.
They will celebrate the ways of the Lord,
"great is the glory of the Lord!"
You save me from the wrath of my foes,
with your right hand you deliver me.
How the Lord cares for me!
Your kindness, O Lord, endures forever.
Forsake not the work of your hands.
2nd. READING (1Cor 15,1-11)
Let me remind you, brothers and sisters, of the Good News that I preached to you and
which you received and on which you stand firm. By that Gospel you are saved,
provided that you hold to it as I preached it. Otherwise, you will have believed in vain.
In the first place, I have passed on to you what I myself received: that Christ died for
our sins, as Scripture says; that he was buried; that he was raised on the third day,
according to the Scriptures; that he appeared to Cephas and then to the
Twelve. Afterwards he appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters
together; most of them are still alive, although some have already gone to rest. Then
he appeared to James and after that to all the apostles. And last of all, he appeared the
most despicable of them, this is to me. For I am the last of the apostles, and I do not
even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God.
Nevertheless, by the grace of God, I am what I am, and his grace towards me has not
been without fruit. Far from it, I have toiled more than all of them, although not I,
rather the grace of God in me. Now, whether it was I or they, this we preach and this
you have believed.
Gospel
One day, as Jesus stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, with a crowd gathered around him
listening to the word of God, he caught sight of two boats left at the water's edge by
the fishermen now washing their nets. He got into one of the boats, the one belonging
to Simon, and asked him to pull out a little from the shore. There he sat and continued
to teach the crowd. When he had finished speaking he said to Simon, "Put out into
deep water and lower your nets for a catch." Simon replied, "Master, we worked hard
all night and caught nothing. But if you say so, I will lower the nets." This they did and
caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. They signaled their
partners in the other boat to come and help them. They came and filled both boats
almost to the point of sinking. Upon seeing this, Simon Peter fell at Jesus' knees,
saying, "Leave me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!" For he and his companions were
amazed at the catch they had made and so were Simon's partners, James and John,
Zebedee's sons. Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid. You will catch people from
now on." So they brought their boats to land and followed him, leaving everything.
