JESUS APPEARS TO SEVEN DISCIPLES

After this, Jesus appeared once more to his disciples at Lake Tiberias. This is how it happened. Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael (the one from Cana in Galilee), the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples of Jesus were all together.  Simon Peter said to the others, “I am going fishing.”

“We will come with you,”  they told him.  So they went out in a boat,  but all that night they did not catch a thing.  As the sun was rising, Jesus stood at the water’s edge, but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.   Then he asked them, “Young men, haven’t you caught anything?”

  “Not a thing,” they answered.

  He said to them, “Throw your net out on the right side of the boat, and you will catch some.”  So they threw the net out and could not pull it back in,  because they had caught so many fish.

  The  disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!”  When  Peter heard that it was the Lord, he wrapped his outer garment round him (for he had taken his clothes off) and jumped into the water.  The other disciples came to shore in the boat pulling the net full of fish.   They were not very far from land, about a hundred metres away.  When they stepped ashore, they saw a charcoal fire there with fish on it and some bread.  Then Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you have just caught.”

  Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net ashore full of big fish, a hundred and fifty-three in all; even though there were so many, still the net did not tear.  Jesus said to them, “Come and eat.”  None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” because they knew it was the Lord.  So Jesus went over, took the bread, and gave it to them; he did the same with the fish.

  This, then, was the third time Jesus appeared to the disciples after he was raised from death.

 (John 21:1-14)

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Thanks be to God

May the Lord bless you and take care of you. May He be kind and gracious to you. May the Lord look on you with favour and give you peace.

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Your Sister in Christ

GOSPEL OF JOHN

Since we are most loved by a Mother, Jesus gave us His own, Be with us Mary along the way, Guide every step we take, Lead us to Jesus your Loving Son, Come with Us Mary Come

JESUS CHANGES WATER INTO WINE

On the third day, a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ Mother was there and Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine was gone, Jesus’ Mother said to Him, “They have no more wine.”

“Dear Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My time has not yet come.”

His Mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.” Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for the ceremonial washing, each holding twenty to thirty gallons.

Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim. Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.”

They did so, and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside and said, “Everyone brings the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests had too much to drink but you have saved the best till now.”

This is the first of the miraculous sign Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee.He thus revealed His glory and His disciples put their faith in Him. 

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Thanks be to Lord Jesus Christ!