The Catch

Ὥωπερ ἡ ῥιπτομένη ἐν θαλάσσῃ σαγήην, διάφορον ἔχει τὸν συγηλεισμὸν τῶν γενῶν τῶν ἐχθύων, οὕτως ἡ αἰώνιος τοῦ Χριστοῦ βασιλεία, τὴν ἐκ παντὸς ἔθνους ἀνθρώπων πληθὺν δεχομένη, ἀνάλογον τῇ πίστει τὴν σωτηρίαν ὀρίζει, οὐ γένους ἀξιοπιστίᾳ οὐχ ἱερατείᾳ, οὐ βασιλείᾳ ἀναξίᾳ τῆς κλήσεως τὴν τρυγὴν διανέμουσα, ἀλλὰ τρόπῳ καὶ βίῳ πρὸς καθαρότητα νεύσαντι, καὶ πρὸς τὴν θήραν τῶν ἀληθῶν ἀλιέων ὁρμήσαντι. Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος Του Πηλουσιώτου, Βιβλίον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΣΔ´ Διδυμῳ Source: Migne PG 78.312d-313a

As a large fishing net which is cast into the sea lays hold of many types of fish, in the same way the eternal kingdom of Christ catches up a multitude from every nation of men, the reason of which faith establishes is not a matter of dignity of family or priestly state, and nor is this kingdom careless for the order in its gathering, but it is in the way of life directed to purity that one is brought into the catch of the fishermen. Saint Isidore of Pelusium, Book 1, Letter 204 to Didymus