1 Cor 3:18-23 / Luke 5:1-11
A cup that is filled with water cannot be filled anymore as the water will overflow out of the cup.
That is obvious and it doesn't require much thinking to know that.
But what may require some thinking is what St. Paul said in the 1st reading: if any of you thinks of himself as wise, in the ordinary sense of the word, then he learn to be a fool before he really can be wise.
Although St. Paul elaborated further on that, yet we will still wonder what it means by "he must learn to be a fool before he really can be wise".
We might think that it doesn't take much to be a fool.
But on further reflection, it is like a cup of water. No fresh water can be poured into the cup unless whatever water in it is poured out.
For Peter, he knows what it means to pour out the water. When Jesus told him to put out into deep water and pay out the nets for a catch, he had to decide.
He had worked hard all night long and caught nothing. Will he catch anything just because Jesus said so?
But he emptied his pride and ego and did as Jesus told him and he got that miraculous catch of fish.
But the greater miracle was that Peter didn't let his pride and ego get into the way.
Let us also learn to let go of our pride and ego and learn to be wise in the ways of God. That would be the miracle of our lives.