A homily for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, April 25, 2021
Acts 4:8-12, 1 Jn 3:1-2, Jn 10:11-18
This is Good Shepherd Sunday, which comes as no surprise considering our Gospel selection and its message today.
In this passage from John, Jesus compares himself to a sheepherder tending and protecting several flocks, an allusion to the Christ’s messianic outpouring of love for all humankind, and not only the ones who followed him because he was nearby.
A shepherd leads the flock on the right path, nudging the stragglers back to True North, back to the true destination. Back to verdant pastures for rest and food. A shepherd leads the flock home.
As Jesus does for all of us.
