THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD THERE IS nothing I SHALL WANT

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FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTERMAY 3, 2020

SHEPHERDTHERE IS

THE LORD IS MY

I SHALL WANT.PSALM 23

nothing

Fourth Sunday of Easter May 3, 2020

The Shepherd Knows His Sheep Gospel Reflection Based on John 10:1-10

Introducing himself as the Good Shepherd of his flock, Jesus makes three claims in today’s Gospel.

1. He knows his sheep and his sheep hear his voice. Just as the Palestinian shepherds knew each sheep of their flock by name, and the sheep knew their shepherd and his voice, so Jesus knows each one of us, our needs, our merits and our faults. He loves us as we are, with all our limitations, and he expects us to return his love by keeping his words. He speaks to us at every Mass, through the Bible, through our pastors, through our parents, through our friends and through the events of our lives. “God whispers to us in our pleasures, He speaks to us in our consciences, and He shouts to us in our pain!” (C.S. Lewis).

2. He gives eternal life to us, his sheep by receiving us into his sheepfold and giving us Faith through Baptism, and then he strengthens that Faith in Confirmation. He supplies food for our souls in the Holy Eucharist and in the Divine words of the Holy Bible. He makes our society holy by the Sacraments of Matrimony and the priesthood (Holy Orders).

3. He protects his sheep by placing them in the loving hands of his Almighty Father. Without him to guide us and protect us, we are an easy prey for the spiritual wolves of this world, including Satan and his minions.

Through today’s Gospel, Jesus teaches one of the central aspects of the ministerial priesthood: the priest as shepherd. It means that a priest is one who, by his consecration, lives for others. The title, “Father”, like the title, “Shepherd,” expresses a relation of loving service to others in everything, from the most sacred ministries to the most trivial chores... Let us pray for vocations to the priesthood, the diaconate and the consecrated life so that we may have more good shepherds to lead, feed and protect the Catholic community. Let us remember that the duty of fostering vocations is the concern of the whole believing community, and we discharge that responsibility primarily by living exemplary Christian lives.

Excerpted from Kadavil, Fr. Antony. Word of God: Reflections for the IV Sunday of Easter. Vatican News, Dicasterium pro Communicatione, 9 May 2019,

www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2019-05/sunday-reflections-9-may-2019.html.

Weekly ScriptureSunday, May 3 Fourth Sunday of Easter Good Shepherd SundayActs 2:14a, 36-41 Ps 23: 1-3a, 3b4, 5, 6 1 Pt 2:20b-25 Jn 10:1-10

Monday, May 4Easter WeekdayActs 11:1-18Ps 42:2-3; 43:3, 4Jn 10:11-18

Tuesday, May 5Easter WeekdayActs 11:19-26Ps 87:1b-3, 4-5, 6-7Jn 10:22-30

Wednesday, May 6Easter WeekdayActs 12:24-13:5a Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6 and 8Jn 12:44-50

Thursday, May 7Easter WeekdayActs 13:13-25Ps 89:2-3, 21-22, 25 and 27Jn 13:16-20

Friday, May 8Easter WeekdayActs 13:26-33Ps 2:6-7, 8-9, 10-11abJn 14:1-6

Saturday, May 9Easter WeekdayActs 13:44-52Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4Jn 14:7-14

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Fourth Sunday of Easter May 3, 2020

Prayer for VocationsWorld Day of Prayer for Vocations occurs on the Fourth Sunday of Easter, also known as Good Shepherd Sunday. The day is set aside to publicly fulfill the Lord’s instruction to, “Pray the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into his harvest.” (Mt 9:38; Lk 10:2).

God our Father, You made each of us to use our gifts in the Body of Christ. We ask that You inspire young people whom you call to priesthood and consecrated life to courageously follow Your will.

Send workers into Your great harvest so that the Gospel is preached, the poor are served with love, the suffering are comforted, and Your people are strengthened by the sacraments.

We ask this though Christ our Lord. Amen.Prayers for Vocation. Invisible Monastery, Vianney Vocations, www.invisiblemonastery.com/prayers/simple-prayers/ (Accessed 23 April 20).

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