Jesus: the Shepherd that truly Pastures (HOMILY FOR THE 4TH SUNDAY OF EASTER (GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY) APRIL 2023
HOMILY ON THE 4TH SUNDAY OF EASTER (GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY) Acts 2:14a.36-41; Ps.23; 1Peter 2:20b-25; John 10:1-10 “ _I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly” (Jn.10:10b) Theme: Jesus: the Shepherd that truly Pastures On this Good Shepherd Sunday, we are called upon to carefully examine to whom we want to entrust our souls. This decision is key because it determines everything about us both in this life and in the life to come. The one who takes charge of our souls, invariably controls our life. Jesus uses the imagery of Shepherd and sheep to guide us in making this all-important decision. The concern of the shepherd is always about the sheep, irrespective of what this concern may be. There are many things a shepherd can do with a sheep. But there is only one thing a sheep desires from a shepherd. What a shepherd does with the sheep reveals the value he has placed on the sheep. A shepherd could desire a sheep for food, economic reasons or to pasture it for good. Of these t...