It might seem to be a simple message to draw from this Gospel story. Until Simon Peter follows Jesus' commands, he catches nothing. But it is not quite as simple as that. First of al look to the use of names. Simon at the start of the short event, becomes Peter by the end - Peter, the rock on which the church is built. Simon doubts Jesus's words, despite having listened to him for some time. Note however, Jesus is using Simon's boat to preach from, and he did not ask for permission either! So While Jesus was talking, Simon was unable to fish - his boat was unavailable. Might you perhaps be a bit annoyed if (say) someone borrowed your car for a time when you needed it and without asking?

Peter, however, is overcome after the catch is hauled in. Perhaps he now realises that all the time he needed to be trusting in Jesus, and to be listening (not just hearing) his words? He certainly seems to see that he is unworthy of Jesus's call, when only minutes earlier he could only think of getting back to work in his boat, thank you very much!

Jesus' call is sometimes (oftentimes?) inconvenient when measured on our limited range human scale. But in God's scale of time and effort - the response needed from us to become Jesus's followers is only very slight, and the reward is at the other end of God's scale.

According to tradition, he was a shepherd boy. Certainly he became a monk, and later prior, at Melrose. After the Synod of Whitby in 664 he became prior of Lindisfarne and gradually won over the community to Roman ecclesiastical customs. He was zealous in preaching the Gospel but most attracted to living the life of a hermit, and in 676 he left the monastery and lived in solitude on the nearby island of Inner Farne. For the last two years of his life he served as bishop of Lindisfarne, but he returned to his island to die, on 20 March 687. His remains were removed from their resting place at Lindisfarne to escape Viking raiders and were eventually enshrined at Durham Cathedral. Because the anniversary of his death always falls within Lent, his feast is celebrated on the anniversary of the enshrinement of his remains at Durham.

The scene from Nazareth in today's Gospel in Luke is charged with emotions. Expectation - as Jesus reads from Isaiah. We are looking forward to the promised Messiah - the King who will free us from the oppressive regime in which we live. And the rumours and witnesses statements about what Jesus has been doing and saying are matched by the text of the prophet!

And then Jesus simply says - yes, this is true, the prophecy is alive amid you here and now! A sense of deep joy pervades the room: moments later someone mentions that this is only the carpenter's boy.. and all of a sudden there is a feeling of distrust. The reaction is astonishing - for suddenly, no one seems able to accept the truth in their midst. Jesus's words hardly seem calculated to settle the mood - indeed they only inflame emotions, and a riot breaks out!

Make no mistake, Jesus's transformative message will inevitably cause some disruption. Friends might challenge your beliefs, even family members might disown you. When something of that sort happens, hold on to the truth, as the truth HAS saved you. This scene was deliberately crafted in the hellenistic style by Luke - combining contrasting messages to emphasise a key point. Jesus calmly walks on from the pain brought on themselves by the bickering faithful. Some carried on following him - will you?