We are familiar with the usual lesson we can learn from the parable of the lost sheep. (cfr. Mt 18,12-14) Indeed, a Good Shepherd will always look for the lost sheep and would do everything, ...

The key theme of this Sunday’s Gospel is the recovery of the repentant sinner. The Gospel itself comes in two versions: a short and a long form. The short form includes only the first two parables in ...

Sunday, April 25, is the Fourth Sunday of Easter. Mass Readings: Acts 4:8-12; Psalm 118:1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 28, 29; 1 John 3:1-2; John 10:11-18. The Fourth Sunday of Easter marks the midpoint of the 50 ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. One of the most beautiful images of God’s love and care for us is that of the shepherd, a motif that ...

On this Good Shepherd Sunday, the Gospel readings in all cycles present excerpts from John 10. Breaking the chapter into segments this way presents major problems, since the distinctive Johannine ...

The Fourth Sunday in the Easter season is Good Shepherd Sunday, with the Gospel reading taken from part of Jesus Good Shepherd discourse in John 10. While most of us in 21st-century America have ...

Jesus was often accused of hanging out with those who were considered sinners, and on one occasion when the religious elite were berating Jesus for welcoming and eating with undesirables, he told them ...