“I am the good shepherd”. The word “shepherd” comes from the word “to pasture”. Christ pastures us each day on his body and blood in the sacrament of the altar. Jesse, David’s father, said to …
Jesus, in today’s Gospel, says that He is the good shepherd the prophets had promised to Israel. He is the shepherd-prince, the new David—who frees people from bondage to sin and gathers them into one …
“Jesus said: ‘I AM the Good Shepherd. A good shepherd lays down His Life for the sheep. … I know Mine and Mine know Me, just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I will …