GOSPEL READING MARK 1:14-20
Jesus calls the disciples to be his followers. He calls them from their own situations. He does not pick them up from or choose them from a qualified crowd or the elite of the society. He calls his disciples from a working class community. He calls them from the periphery of the society. They at the sea shore which was the end of the world. After the shore there was only water and there was nothing after that.
He chose them to be his disciples and followers. They had to follow him. At the moment of his calling he did not give them any principles and rules to follow him. He just wanted them to come after him. They had to follow the person Jesus. Their work was to make disciples for Jesus because he said to them “I will make you fishers of men”.
