Sunday 25th April 2010

Fourth Sunday of Easter

Readings: Acts 13:14, 43-52; Apoc 7:14-17; Jn 10:27-30

In Jesus' time the sheep from several villages were brought together to be kept safe in a sheepfold. The gate to the fold was guarded. In the morning the shepherds came in by the gate and led their sheep out to pasture. Jesus used the image of the shepherd and the gate of the sheep fold and refers them to himself. It is in the shepherd that the sheep find security; the shepherd is the one who will protect them.... When we are alone, frightened or isolated, Jesus is always there with love, compassion and forgivness. He is also the way to the father...It is through Jesus that we obtain new life.

sundaythoughts.  com Martin Tierney