Posts Tagged ‘Good Shepherd’
“Hear the Word!” by Bill Ayres: Fourth Sunday of Easter
Note: We can pray with the Sunday readings even if Sunday liturgies have been suspended due to the coronavirus. Bill Ayres continues to offer his reflections to help our prayer. A reading from the Acts of the Apostles (Chapter 3:14a, 36-41) “Then Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and proclaimed: ‘Let ...Read More
“Hear the Word!” by Bill Ayres: The Fourth Sunday of Easter
A reading from the Acts of the Apostles (Chapter 13:14, 43-52) What we read in the Acts of the Apostles implies that Paul and Barnabas were inspired speakers who had a powerful effect on their listeners. They started out preaching mainly to Jewish people and converts to Judaism, but at this point ...Read More
Hear the Word! by Bill Ayres: Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
A reading from the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah (Chapter 23:1-6) Jeremiah was one of the most courageous and tortured of all the prophets. Today’s reading from his prophecy was composed in the context of the battle for power between the Babylonians and the Egyptians with Judea, and specifically Jerusalem, in the ...Read More
4th Sunday of Easter – The Good Shepherd
“Jesus said: ‘I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. A hired man, who is not a shepherd and whose sheep are not his own, sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf catches and scatters them. ...Read More
4th Sunday of Easter – The Shepherd Calls
“Jesus said: ‘Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber. But whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his ...Read More
Because We Were Lost
The relationship we have with Jesus is wonderfully expressed when we call him the “Good Shepherd.” Jesus guards, guides, protects, and watches over us, just as a human shepherd cares for his flock. The image of Christ bearing a lamb on his shoulders is one of the earliest expressions of his ...Read More
Fourth Sunday of Easter – I Know Mine
“Jesus said: ’My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish. No one can take them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can take ...Read More
The Hundredth Lamb
What does the logo of the Jubilee Year of Mercy try to say to us? The logo and the motto of the Jubilee Year of Mercy summarize what the year is all about. The motto “Merciful Like the Father” invites us to follow the example of the Father, who asks us ...Read More
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Rest and Renewal
“The apostles gathered together with Jesus and reported all they had done and taught. He said to them, ‘Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.’ People were coming and going in great numbers, and they had no opportunity even to eat. So they went off ...Read More
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