"The net is cast from above into the sea; it remains submerged in the water and collects every kind. The net makes no choices. The lack of selection is an image of our daily human life in which, apparently, every kind of reality is gathered, coexists and proceeds together. However, there are also distinctions and separations. The first separation takes place through the net itself, even if this is not explicitly stated: there are those who are in the net and those who are outside it. The latter are not mentioned here. All attention is focused on those who are in the net. In their variety, they correspond to an expectation. The expectation that what is in the net can be used as the fisherman wishes."
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Adrienne von Speyr, Le parabole del Signore (Gleichnisse des Herrn, 1966), translation into Italian by Giuseppe Reguzzoni, Jaca Book, Milano, 2008, p. 67. ISBN 978-88-16-30459-8.
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