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 worldly joys  and  wealth  and  honors,  and  take  unto themselves their  suffering  Saviour  to  be  their  portion and  their  inheritance. They realize  how  steep the path  to  heaven  is,  what  strides  are  necessary  to keep  pace  with  Christ,  what  numbers  will  depend  on them  for  help;  and  they  feel  they  cannot  afford  to  be weighed  down  with  worldly  affections  and  things, and that  he  who  loves  these  more  than  Christ  is  not worthy to  be  His  disciple. The two  essential  parts of every  priestly  life  are  illustrated  in  to-day's  Gospel. First, communion  with  God,  to  sit  and  listen  to Jesus's  words,  and  secondly,  to  launch  out  into  the deep and  let  down  the  nets  for  a  draught. " Follow Me,"  He  says,  "  and  I  will  make  you  fishers  of  men." The world  is  like  a  sea  whose  waters,  seemingly  clear and sweet,  are  nevertheless  bitter  to  the  taste  and aggravate rather  than  slake  men's  thirst — sinners are like  fish,  cold,  devoid  of  religious  fervor,  loving the darkness  of  the  deep  and  its  mud  and  carrion,  having no  eyes  to  see,  nor  ears  to  hear  God's  truth,  nor spiritual hands  or  feet  wherewith  to  extricate  themselves, given  to  preying  upon  and  selfishly  devouring one  another. And oh! how arduous  and  discouraging the  fisherman's  task;  how  often,  when  the fish is  nearly  caught,  he  suddenly  slips  back  and plunges down  again ! There is  a  rival  fisherman,  too, the devil,  who,  though  he  baits  his  cruel  hook  with poisonous pleasure  and  wealth  and  honors,  and though he  tears  and  kills  his  catch,  still,  sad  to  say, finds many  eager  for  his  lure. But Christ's  mode  of fishing  and  that  of  His  Apostles  and  priests  is  with