On the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, the Church places before us two moments of honest reckoning: Peter on his knees before Christ after an impossible catch, and Paul laying out in Romans the full weight of a creation still groaning toward glory. This reflection follows both threads, drawing on St. Leo the Great's call to seek the power of endurance before the glory itself, and St. Ambrose's reading of Peter's cry as the doorway to true discipleship. Central to the reflection is the image of launching out into the deep at Christ's word, even after a fruitless night. The Introit's confidence, "The Lord is my light and my salvation," frames it all.

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