I was really struck by the Gospel reading from last Sunday, Feb. 7. In this reading from chapter 5 of the Gopsel According to St. Luke, we hear the familiar story about how Simon Peter and several other fishermen have been out on the lake all night but have caught nothing. When Jesus tells Simon Peter to go out to the deep part of the lake and lower his nets, Simon Peter tells Jesus that they have been unable to catch anything, but decides to listen to him anyway. After he lowered the nets into the lake, Simon Peter caught so many fish that the nets tore.
This reading really gives me a great deal of hope. It tells me that no matter how difficult things get or no matter how impossible something might seem, I should put my faith and trust and Jesus and keep trying, because what is impossible for me alone is possible with Christ. This is particularly true in my struggles with masturbation and lust. I often times feel like I just want to give up on struggling with these sins because I keep committing them over and over again, and I get tired of going to confession and confessing the same sins time and time again. But if I put my faith in Jesus and learn to trust him, I will be able to overcome the sins that weigh me down and live a chaste life.
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