Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In John chapter 10, Jesus said, “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep” (vs. 11). Jesus uses ...

The Gospel of the Fourth Sunday of Easter (John 10:11-18) always focuses on the Good Shepherd. The reading is actually found in John’s Gospel, sandwiched between two miracles we read about during Lent ...

"Jesus said, ‘I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep'" (John 10:11). This verse comes from the Gospel of John, one of the four gospel narratives in the New Testament.

“A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep” (John 10:11). Acts 11:1-18; John 10:11-18 The image of a shepherd became synonymous with the ideal leader in the Bible. The faithfulness and skill of ...

Extracts from this chapter of St John’s gospel, in which Jesus describes himself as the Good Shepherd, have been read at Mass on this Sunday in Eastertide from the time of Pope St Leo the Great in the ...

Jesus said, “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep” (John 10:11). The word “good” in the Greek language refers “to goodness in the sense of capability.” In other ...

In his parables, Jesus of Nazareth referred to himself as a good shepherd and to humankind as sheep. In so doing, he did not flatter. To be sure, sheep are mild domesticated animals — but notoriously ...

At 3 a.m. in the lambing shed on his farm in the Irish midlands, John Connell speaks gently to a ewe in labor. “The wave of willful force doesn’t work,” he says. “It’s about calm and serene and ...

The key theme of this Sunday’s Gospel is the recovery of the repentant sinner. The Gospel itself comes in two versions: a short and a long form. The short form includes only the first two parables in ...

You can find the readings here. I know them, and they follow me. Many years ago, I spent a few days on an educational farm, where I helped to birth a sheep. The little lamb was stuck in the birth ...