April 10, 2026
It is the Lord.
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Today's
Readings
Acts
4:1-12
Peter and John were arrested for preaching the Resurrection. When questioned by
the rulers, Peter declared boldly, "This Jesus whom you crucified, whom God
raised from the dead, is the stone rejected by the builders that has become the
cornerstone. There is no salvation through anyone else."
John
21:1-14 The
disciples had been fishing all night and caught nothing. A figure on the shore
told them to cast the net to the right side of the boat. The catch was so large that they could not pull it in. Then the beloved disciple said to Peter, “It is the
Lord.”
Today's
Thread: You'll know Him when He shows up.
The disciples
fished all night in their own strength and came up empty. The moment they
listened to the voice on the shore, everything changed. Peter and John stood
before rulers who had all the power and still couldn't shake what they had
seen. Both stories say the same thing: when Jesus is in it, nothing can stay
empty.
Living
It Today:
Are you exhausted
from doing something in your own strength that isn't working? Cast the net the
other way. Try it His way today. It might be a conversation you've been
avoiding, a prayer you've stopped saying, a surrender you keep postponing. The
shore isn't empty. He's already there watching and waiting.
Something
to sit with today:
Where
in your life right now, are you fishing all night, straining, striving, and
coming up empty? Have you paused long enough to ask Jesus which side of the
boat to try?
Sometimes
our Lord deliberately closes a path, not to frustrate you, but to redirect you.
What feels like a dead end is often a divine detour, guiding you closer to the
center of His will. Our life’s focus should always be to pursue God’s Will; often, the path becomes more and more obvious as we move forward.
But
you must stay open. The course correction may come as a whisper or as something
unmistakable, but either way, it is Him. When the path feels uncertain, stop
and pray. Ask the Lord to illumine the way forward and then trust that He
will."
Rosary Man Jim 🌹
