Just wanted to highlight this even though it may be a repetition….
A line in today’s Gospel passage struck me straight through the heart. As I never saw it in that light before….
“The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away—and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. The hired hand runs away because a hired hand does not care for the sheep.” John 10:12-13
As a disciple of Christ, we are called to tend to His sheep as our very own. Not only when it convenient or safe but in all circumstances and situations. Even if we have to lay down our lives for them. Or it can be simply by putting our brethren’s needs ahead of ours. After all do we not belong to the same sheepfold? One body in Christ, with our one good Shepherd?
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