by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“#Jesus said: ‘I AM the Good Shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. * * * … I am the good shepherd, and I know Mine and Mine know Me, just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I will lay down My Life for the sheep. … there will be one
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“The Fourth Sunday of Easter is traditionally called Good Shepherd Sunday, for the readings focus on how our risen Lord Jesus is our Shepherd, who leads us to Eternal Life. Of course the flip side is that we are sheep. We sometimes miss the humor of the Lord calling us sheep. He could have said we are strong and swift
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“… Ask yourselves whether you belong to His Flock, whether you know Him, whether the light of His Truth shines in your minds. I assure you that it is not by faith that you will come to know Him, but by love; not by mere conviction, but by action. John the Evangelist is my authority for this statement. He tells
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“… So Jesus said again, “Amen, amen, I say to you, I am the Gate for the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the Gate. Whoever enters through Me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture. A thief comes only
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“#Easter’s empty tomb is a call to #conversion. By this tomb, we should know for certain that #God has made #Jesus both #Lord and #Messiah ….”
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“… One of the main works of a shepherd is to guide the sheep. If we are on the road to eternal life, we are on a rough and narrow road …”
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“… What about us? Hopefully we do understand what #Jesus is trying to tell us. We heard at the end of the first reading from St. Peter’s letter: “… you had gone astray like sheep, but you have now returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls. Shepherding connotes actions like guarding, mentoring, guiding, providing for and protecting those
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“When Jesus presented himself as the Good Shepherd, he referred to a long biblical tradition, with which his disciples and the other auditors were already familiar. The God of Israel, in fact, had always revealed himself as the Good Shepherd of his people. He had listened to its complaints, he had freed it from the land of servitude and, in
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“… there was a disciple named Tabitha … completely occupied with good deeds and almsgiving. … she fell sick and died … … Peter sent them all out and knelt down and prayed. … turned to her body and said, ‘Tabitha, rise up.’ She opened her eyes, saw Peter, and sat up. He gave her his hand and raised her
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“… Jesus said to them, ‘Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the Flesh of the Son of Man and drink His Blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood has Eternal Life, and I will raise him on the last day. For My Flesh is True Food, and My
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