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And when they brought their boats upon the land and left all things, they followed [Jesus] (v 11). [Introduction] Our Gospel reading for this Fifth Sunday after Trinity is more than an account of fishermen hearing the call of Jesus, abandoning their boats and nets ... in fact, their livelihood ... and following Jesus. Our Gospel reading provides a picture of how ... THE CALL OF JESUS CAPTURES THE HEARTS OF ALL MEN AND CREATION I. In the beginning, the disciples had their hearts on a different kind of fishing. Simon and Andrew, James and John knew their vocations well. They put all of their heart into fishing. Sometimes they went fishing during the heat of the day, like in John 21[:3], when they didn’t know what else to do. Sometimes they did it all night long, like in our Gospel reading. They loved fishing so much that they made it their livelihood (v 5). They loved it even when they were exhausted and frustrated, poor and hungry (v 5a).  But then it happened one morning ... Jesu...