GALILEE OF THE

GENTILES:

IT WAS THE SCENE OF

SOME OF THE MOST
MEMORABLE EVENTS OF
JEWISH HISTORY.
 GALILEE ALSO WAS THE
HOME OF OUR LORD
DURING AT LEAST THIRTY
YEARS OF HIS LIFE.
 THE ENTIRE PROVINCE IS
CONNECTED WITH THE
LIFE, WORKS, AND
TEACHINGS OF JESUS OF
NAZARETH." "IT IS
NOTEWORTHY THAT OF HIS
THIRTY-TWO BEAUTIFUL
PARABLES, NO LESS THAN
NINETEEN WERE SPOKEN
IN GALILEE.
 AND IT IS NO LESS
REMARKABLE THAT OF
HIS ENTIRE THIRTY-
THREE GREAT MIRACLES,
TWENTY-FIVE WERE
WROUGHT IN THIS
PROVINCE.
 HIS FIRST MIRACLE WAS
WROUGHT AT THE
WEDDING IN CANA OF
GALILEE, AND HIS LAST,
AFTER HIS RESURRECTION,
ON THE SHORE OF
GALILEE'S SEA. IN GALILEE
HE CALLED HIS FIRST
DISCIPLES.
THE PEOPLE WHO SIT IN
DARKNESS HAVE SEEN A
GREAT LIGHT,
ON THOSE DWELLING IN
A LAND
OVERSHADOWED BY
DEATH
LIGHT HAS ARISEN.
 FROM THAT TIME ON, JESUS
BEGAN TO PREACH AND SAY,
REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM
OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND.
THEY LEFT THEIR
NETS:
THEY LEFT THEIR
BOAT AND THEIR
FATHER:
 THEY WERE COMPLETELY
SEIZED BY JESUS, TOOK HIS
BAIT, HOOK, LINE AND
SINKER!
THE HOOK, LINE AND
SINKER ARE THE
THREE ESSENTIAL
PIECES OF FISHING.
THE PHRASE 'TO
SWALLOW
SOMETHING "HOOK,
LINE AND SINKER"
 IS AN IDIOMATIC
EXPRESSION TO
DESCRIBE A
SITUATION WHERE A
PERSON OR GROUP
ACCEPTS WHOLESALE
AN IDEA OR SET OF
BELIEFS.
 WE DO NOT JUST
RECRUIT PEOPLE, WE
BRING THEM IN AND
CARE FOR THEM SO
THAT THEY CAN ALSO
TAKE CARE OF
OTHERS IN THE
PROCESS.
 SO WHEN GOD
INVITES US TO BE
FISHERS OF MEN,
JESUS IS SAYING,
BECOME MY HANDS
AND FEET, BRING
THEM CLOSER TO ME,
JUST LIKE YOU!