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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: Catholic Mass Readings: Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter 5.8.17 – USCCB/NABRV

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“#Jesus said: ‘I AM the Good Shepherd.
A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
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… 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 flock, one shepherd.
This is why the Father loves Me,
because I lay down my life in order to take it up again. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Are You Smarter than a Sheep?” – Msgr. Charles Pope/ Archdiocese of Washington

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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 as horses, beautiful as gazelles, or brave as lions; instead, He said we are like sheep. I guess I’ve been called worse, but it’s a little humbling and embarrassing, really. Yet sheep are worthwhile animals and they have a certain quality that makes them pretty smart. Are you smarter than a sheep? Well, let’s look and see how we stack up as we look at this Gospel in three stages. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “[Christ the Good Shepherd] – Homily on the Gospels” – Saint Gregory the Great, Pope/ VaticanVa/ Divine Office

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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 us that anyone who claims to know #God without keeping His #Commandments is a liar. … our Lord’s sheep will finally reach, their grazing ground where all who follow Him in simplicity of heart will feed on the green pastures of eternity. … the spiritual joys of Heaven. There the elect look upon the Face of God with unclouded vision and feast at the Banquet of Life for ever more. Beloved brothers, let us set out for these pastures where we shall keep joyful festival with so many of our fellow citizens. May the thought of their happiness urge us on! Let us stir up our hearts, rekindle our faith, and long eagerly for what heaven has in store for us. To love thus is to be already on our way. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: Catholic Mass Readings: Fourth Sunday of Easter 5.7.17 – USCCB/NABRV

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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 to steal and slaughter and destroy;
I came so that they might have Life and have it more abundantly.'”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: Homily, 4th Sunday of Easter 2014 – Fr. Christopher Wyvill/ St. Anselm’s Abbey

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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 in one’s care. We can see that richness in the metaphors of psalm 23, where the shepherd provides water and green pasture for his flock, is a guide who knows and leads them safely even through dark valleys. Then is a host who prepares a meal for his guests and offers them hospitality for the rest of their lives.

The Son of God incarnate, Jesus of Nazareth, fulfilled all of these roles in his earthly life and continues to do so now seated in glory. He also invites each of us to follow his example of self-emptying in order to rise to that new full life he promised to give. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “[‘He calls each one by name’] – Message for the Day of Vocations 1971” – Blessed Pope Paul VI/ DailyGospel

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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 his goodness, he had guided the people he saved during its long and hard march in the desert towards the promised land … From age to age, the Lord continued guiding his people – much more – he carried it in his arms as a shepherd carries his sheep. He also led it after the punishment of the exile, calling it once again and gathering the lost sheep to bring them to their fathers’ land. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: Catholic Mass Readings: Saturday of the Third Week of Easter 5.1.17 – USCCB/NABRV

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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 up,
and when he had called the holy ones and the widows,
he presented her alive.
This became known all over Joppa,
and many came to believe in the Lord.”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: Catholic Mass Readings: Friday of the Third Week of Easter 5.5.17 – USCCB/NABRV

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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 Blood is True Drink.
Whoever eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood
remains in Me and I in Him.
Just as the Living Father sent Me
and I have Life because of the Father,
so also the one who feeds on Me will have Life because of Me.
This is the Bread that came down from Heaven.
Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died,
whoever eats this Bread will Live forever.’ …”

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