He lays Himself down for us The job of a shepherd was not always an easy and safe one. The Bible tells us that the young shepherd boy David had to fight off lions and bears just to protect the sheep.

That approach is undermined by Jesus’ change of focus here, where at one moment he is the shepherd, and at another is the gate for the sheep—notwithstanding the fact that shepherds would at night lie ...

Unsplash/Daniel Sandvik Out of Jesus’ seven ‘I Am’ statements in the Gospel of John, His fourth — “I Am the Good Shepherd — is, in my estimation, the most precious and tender. “I Am the Good Shepherd” ...

Our Shepherd makes it a priority to provide us with still water to drink too. As we saw in the previous point, He beckons us to slow down, to drink slowly and deeply. Often we can be too busy to drink ...

The advent of Jesus, the Good Shepherd, was prepared for by the covenant with Israel. One witness to this preparation was Jeremiah’s prophecy that we hear in today’s first reading.

We are called to shepherd one another and to be shepherds in our communities – both local and afar, calling the lost sheep and bringing them back into God’s fold.

Jesus loves to be identified as the Good Shepherd; and in the Gospel of today, He describes Himself metaphorically as the Gate. He is the Good Shepherd who lays down His life for His sheep.

The Bible says Jesus is our Good Shepherd. In John 10:10-11 we see, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I (Jesus) have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.