The sermon is from the fifth chapter of St. Luke, verses 4 and 5: "... (Jesus) said to Simon, ‘Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.’ And Simon answered, ‘Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.’ "

Unless someone here is extremely wealthy,

and very lucky,

and easily contented,

each of us has wanted something in our lives,

but could not have it.

Usually we can have whatever we wish,

if the wish is reasonable and reachable.

But there are things that seem to escape us.

No matter what is done,

reaching or possessing or having that thing is impossible.

That is the sort of predicament

that can cause more than a little frustration.

We all know persons, or are one ourselves,

who would do anything,

literally anything,

to have a loved one back fro…