by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“… 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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“The King of Love My Shepherd Is” – melody: St. Columba (ancient Irish melody), lyrics by H.W. Baker (1868) “The King of Love my Shepherd is, Whose Goodness fails me never. I nothing lack if I am His, and He is mine forever. …”
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“Shepherd of Souls, Refresh and Bless,” melody: St. Agnes, lyrics by Anonymous/ James Montgomery (lived in 18th/19th centuries), performed by Cantor Danielle Svonavec at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame (Indiana), 2013. “Shepherd of Souls, refresh and bless Your chosen pilgrim flock with manna in the wilderness, with water from the rock. …”
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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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“1. ‘Joseph did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took his wife’ (cf. Mt 1 :24). Inspired by the Gospel, the Fathers of the Church from the earliest centuries stressed that just as St. Joseph took loving care of Mary and gladly dedicated himself to Jesus Christ’s upbringing,(1) he likewise watches over and protects Christ’s Mystical Body,
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“Exercising his paternal care over Jesus, Saint Joseph of Nazareth, set over the Lord’s family, marvelously fulfilled the office he received by grace. Adhering firmly to the mystery of God’s design of salvation in its very beginnings, he stands as an exemplary model of the kindness and humility that the Christian faith raises to a great destiny, and demonstrates the
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