The Good Shepherd
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”
John 10:11
Dear Friends,
This Sunday is called “Good Shepherd Sunday”. It occurs every year three weeks after Easter.
As you might guess, the Sunday emphasizes Jesus as the Good Shepherd. The assigned Psalm for this Sunday is Psalm 23 which begins with the words, “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want.”
Each year the assigned Gospel reading is from the Gospel of John, chapter 10. This is the “Good Shepherd” chapter.
Over the course of three years...