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 men, for  by  and  by,  when  crowded  to  the  water's edge,  He  steps  aboard  the  bark  of  Peter  and  makes it His  pulpit,  and  then  launching  out  into  the  deep He bids  them  let  down  their  nets  for  that  wondrous draught whereby  He  showed  that  He  had  come  there expressly to  call  them  to  be  His  Apostles. No priest of God  can  read  that  passage  without  emotion,  for  it recalls  that  bright  happy  day  when  first  Christ  came to him  and  said:  "  Follow  Me;  for  henceforth  thou shalt  be  a  fisher  of  men."

Brethren, a  wonderful  and  a  mysterious  thing  is  a young  man's  call  to  the  priesthood. From his  earliest years  he  is  unconsciously  being  prepared,  as  an altar  boy  perhaps,  and  the  summons,  at  first  vague and general,  may  take  years  to  become  distinct  and unmistakable. Thus Andrew  had  long  been  a  disciple of  the  Baptist,  and  though  months  previous  to their  present  call,  when  John  had  pointed  out  the Lamb of  God  to  him  and  his  brother  Peter,  they  had immediately followed  Jesus,  still  it  is  only  now  that their vocation  takes  shape  definite  and  final. Doubtless the immediate  works  of  Jesus's  hands,  the  miraculous loaves  and  fishes,  and  the  wine  of  Cana  were far superior  to  that  produced  by  secondary  causes; and doubtless,  too,  some  special  grace  was  vouchsafed those  whom  Jesus  personally  called  and  consecrated to  His  service,  but  still  it  is  the  self-same Christ that  summons  to-day  young  men  to  the  selfsame Apostolate. His voice  is  not  heard,  but  just  as through  fishing  He  caught  the  fishermen,  and  by  a star  He  led  the  astronomers  or  Magi,  so  through