Today’s Reflection
Gospel: Jn 10:1-10
May 9, 2022 | Monday

Today’s Gospel

Truly, I say to you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber. But the shepherd of the sheep enters by the gate. The keeper opens the gate to him and the sheep hear his voice; he calls each of his sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow, but rather they will run away from him, because they don’t recognize a stranger’s voice.”

Jesus used this comparison, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

So Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, I am the gate of the sheep. All who came were thieves and robbers, and the sheep did not hear them. I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved; he will go in and out freely and find food.

The thief comes to steal and kill and destroy, but I have come that they may have life, life in all its fullness.

Today’s Reflection:

In our Gospel today, Jesus compares himself to a shepherd who calls His sheep by name.  Like sheep, we always tend to go for greener pastures. But sometimes, when we look for greener pastures in money, in high tech gadgets, in power, and in other superficial things, we tend to lose sight of God. We stray far from Him and because we are far from our flock and our shepherd, we are put in danger, much worse, eaten by wolves.

Like a shepherd, Jesus always calls us to be with Him.  Yet sometimes we refuse to listen. And even though sometimes we also listen, we choose not to follow. As a shepherd, God is telling us, “Follow me because with me you are safe because I will protect you. With me, you will always be fed because I know your needs.” /Vulnerasti, 2022