Day 61
Hear the Shepherd's Voice
That's the end of this day.
Today's Season of Joy reflection on John 10:1-10 is by Fr. Joe Laramie, SJ. Fr. Joe Laramie, SJ is National Director of the Apostleship of Prayer [the Pope's Prayer Network], a 175-year-old ministry uniting hearts to the Heart of Jesus. He is a National Eucharistic Preacher for the Eucharistic Revival. He is the author of two books on the Sacred Heart and Ignatian spirituality.
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 voice,
as the shepherd calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
When he has driven out all his own,
he walks ahead of them, and the sheep follow him,
because they recognize his voice.
But they will not follow a stranger;
they will run away from him,
because they do not recognize the voice of strangers."
Although Jesus used this figure of speech,
the Pharisees did not realize what he was trying to tell them.