He calls us all to step aboard his ship,
Take the adventure on this morning’s wing,
Raise sail with him, launch out into the deep,
Whatever storms or floods are threatening.
If faith gives way to doubt, or love to fear,
Then, as on Galilee, we’ll rouse the Lord,
For he is always with us and will hear
And make our peace with his creative Word,
Who made us, loved us, formed us and has set
All his beloved lovers in an ark;
Borne upwards by his Spirit, we will float
Above the rising waves, the falling dark,
As fellow pilgrims, driven towards that haven,
Where all will be redeemed, fulfilled, forgiven.
-Malcolm Guite
They pulled their boats up on the beach,
left them, nets and all,
and followed him.
- Luke 5:11 MSG
For by the net of holy preaching they drew fish,
that is,
men, from the depths of the sea,
that is,
of [unbelief], to the light of faith.
Wonderful indeed is this fishing!
for fishes when they are caught, soon after die;
when men are caught by the word of preaching,
they rather are made alive.
-ST. REMIGIUS
fabric scraps
cotton fishnet (I did not order...)
but arrived via Amazon anyway (they did not want it back)
white acrylic on canvas
