Peter does not throw his arms around Jesus, as we might have expected, to thank him for the good catch.
Instead, he falls at Jesus’ feet.
He does not cling to him in order to extract the promise of another successful fishing expedition; he thrusts Jesus from him because he is afraid of the power of God. “Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!” (Lk 5:8). When a man experiences God, he recognizes his own sinfulness, and it is only when he really knows and acknowledges this sinfulness that he really knows himself. And in that way he becomes truly himself.
Only when a man knows that he is sinful and has comprehended the evil of sin does he also comprehend the summons: “Repent, and believe in the good news” (Mk 1:15). For without conversion, it is impossible to discover Jesus, to discover the Gospel.
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