https://anitamathias.com Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Thu, 06 Apr 2023 15:40:01 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://anitamathias.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-Anita_lgr_hi_res_square_512-32x32.jpg https://anitamathias.com 32 32 https://anitamathias.com/2023/04/05/gods-transforming-call-to-each-of-us/ https://anitamathias.com/2023/04/05/gods-transforming-call-to-each-of-us/#comments Wed, 05 Apr 2023 12:07:45 +0000 https://anitamathias.com/?p=68105     We read in the Gospel of Matthew, that as Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon and Andrew, casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”  At once they left their nets and followed him. […]

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