In these days of Easter season, we hear lovely readings about Jesus the Good Shepherd. We can imagine bucolic settings of green grass and flowing waters, where this gentle Jesus leads his sheep to ...

In John chapter 10, Jesus said, “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep” (vs. 11). Jesus uses the imagery of a shepherd to portray Himself as being the kind ...

Jesus ascended back to heaven 40 days after his resurrection. We know this because Luke tells us ( Acts 1:3 ). It’s a very ...

Notably, figures like Jesus and the apostles are virtually absent from the Shepherd. Instead, readers find a story about an otherwise unknown enslaved man named Hermas experiencing visions and ...

Vatican Media Pope Francis emphasized the sacrificial component of the role of the shepherd, observing that Jesus “is not just a good shepherd who shares the life of the flock,” but “is the ...

We have the thief, the hired hand, and the good shepherd. John talks elsewhere about the thief. Jesus denounces the Temple as a “den of thieves” when he drives out the moneychangers at the ...

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