those who come to God through Him” (Amplified Bible). Jesus is the Good Shepherd because of His commitment to the sheep. He was willing to do what was required, the laying down of His life ...

The Gospel builds in self-care and renewal as necessities for good ... Jesus chooses to teach the crowd because he sees their need for leadership, as they were “like sheep without a shepherd.” ...

The liturgy of this Fourth Sunday of Easter speaks less of the apparitions than of the figure of Jesus the Good Shepherd and Shepherd, and consequently of priestly and religious vocations. Indeed, ...

The Holman Bible Dictionary says shepherd or shepherding is “mentioned ... The Bethlehem shepherds were first to receive the “good news” of Jesus’s birth, but it was somewhat dramatic ...

There is this idea in the Bible that goes back centuries ... “The Lord in Heaven above.” Yet, Jesus said, “I am the good shepherd.” Today, we use the word good to mean good behaviour ...

I’m also guessing Sunday school and Bible school story illustrations contributed to this childhood image of Jesus as the shepherd of Psalm 23. An internet image search for “the good shepherd” yields a ...

Keywords: jesus the good shepherd easter season user's guide to ... and has also conducted weekly Bible studies in the U.S. Congress and the White House. He was named a Monsignor in 2005.

As a good leader, or what the Bible calls “a good shepherd,” Jesus focused on the mission at hand. He did not let the politics of His age, nor his own interests, change His direction.

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It seems to me like quite a long time ago that church sanctuaries were filled with crowded pews and folding chairs at ...