Today we explore the word “shepherd,” how it was used, and what it symbolized. I was inspired to write about this topic after hearing the magnificent hymn “Shepherd Me, O God.” This version is sung by ...

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This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. In Palestine today, it is still possible to witness a scene that Jesus almost certainly saw two thousand years ago, that of ...

Two related points about this week’s readings. First, it is difficult for me, as a woman religious, to hear Ezekiel’s description of “bad shepherds” behavior without thinking of recent acts of power ...

At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd. ~ Mt 9:36 As a child, I was often reminded not to “toot my ...

Readings: Acts 2: 14a, 36-41, Psalm 23, R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.; First Peter 2: 20b-25; Gospel – John 10: 1-10 The image of the Good Shepherd was an early symbol for ...

The fact that this chapter of John’s gospel has been read at Mass on this Sunday for the last 1,500 years, certainly since the time of Pope St Gregory the Great in the sixth century and possibly even ...

Many people today find the famous psalm troubling. But we need it now more than ever. Psalm 23 offers hope and encouragement like no other poem. Countless Jews and Christians have found in this short ...

In her phone, he was saved as “Tim the shepherd.” She had never met him. A few days later, she flew across the country to ...

April 26, 2026 – 4th Sunday of Easter, Good Shepherd Sunday Readings: Acts 2: 14a, 36-41, Psalm 23, R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.; First Peter 2: 20b-25; Gospel – John 10: ...