In John’s Gospel, Jesus talks in Chapter 10 a great deal about sheep and shepherds. A good shepherd knows the sheep and the sheep know their shepherd. In fact, there are four variations in this short ...

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 ...

The Good Shepherd by Letbetter explains, “the artist, Weinert, is saying that the shepherd saves the lamb by kneeling, a posture of humility, ignoring the thorny brush that had entangled the lamb.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

VATICAN CITY — Reflecting on the image of the Good Shepherd, Pope Francis said his is the only voice that leads us to safety and friendship with God, and he cautioned against the false wisdom of those ...