1 Cor 3: 18-23 / Luke 5:1-11
The ways of the Lord are indeed mysterious ways. And not just mysterious, they are also very unconventional to the human mind.
He chooses the humble over the proud, the weak over the strong, the lowly over the mighty.
The 1st reading brings out yet another mysterious aspect of God, and that is He chooses the foolish over the wise.
What might sound puzzling to us is that it says "if any one of you thinks of himself as wise, in the ordinary sense of the word, then he must be a fool."
It goes on to say that it is because the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. That seemed to undermine our education and intellectual formation.
Yet, when that passage is read in context, then it becomes clear that St. Paul was referring to philosophy, which means the love for knowledge and wisdom.
The warped wisdom of the world would want to encompass the wisdom of God and will try to determine how God would act according to its own understanding.
Even in the gospel passage, Peter's common sense told him that what Jesus was suggesting was rather absurd and ridiculous.
For whatever reason, he did as Jesus told him, and in going out into the deep water, he made a discovery which no worldly wisdom can explain.
So besides intellect and rationale, we must also make a leap of faith into the mysterious deep water.
And we must remember that we don't leap alone. God leaps with us so that He will lead us into the depths of His divine wisdom.