5/14/11 cblog WE R DUMB AS SHEEP RE SPIRITUAL THINGS, & MUST CONTINUE TO LEARN & GROW & FOLLOW the GOOD SHEPHERD; @ St. Victor, Fr Abbey, 530p m: "Gods special love for shepherds..for abraham..for shepherds in bethlehem..called them to be witnesses of birth of his son....image of good shep was better known in the early days than now ..ever seen sheep?..they r dumb..cannot take care of selves, get lost easily but are trustful and faithful..they only listen to voice of shepherd...we r dumb too re spiritual things ..prefer sensual goods over spiritual goods, forget higher goods, ..can hardly pray for more than hour per day ..we r like sheep..where I live..abbey..football team ..boys put so much into getting ready ..they call first week of practice "hell week" ..sufferings they endure ....yes we r dumb sheep..but second we r faithful...hear lord ..we listen...don't always Like what we hear but..peter tells them they are crucifying christ again.peter is merciless ....we know that's our shepherd..who wants to go to a doc..who tells us we are fine..when we aren't ?..that's the world talking ...world says its not sin..just anesthesize ..god loves us more ..jesus walks ahead of sheep ....what mean? Christ also suffered for u ..follow in his footsteps ..he walked ahead...an example to follow.." Acts 2:14a, 36-41 Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice, and proclaimed:“Let the whole house of Israel know for certain that God has made both Lord and Christ this Jesus whom you crucified.” Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and they asked Peter and the other apostles,“What are we to do, my brothers?” Peter said to them,“Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit .For the promise is made to you and to your children and to all those far off, whomever the Lord our God will call.” He testified with many other arguments, and was exhorting them,“Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.” Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand persons were added that day. Ps 23: 1-3a, 3b4, 5, 6 Responsorial Psalm R. (1) The Lord is my shepherd; . R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. R. Alleluia1 Pt 2:20b-25 Beloved: If you are patient when you suffer for doing what is good this is a grace before God. For to this you have been called because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example that you should follow in his footsteps He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth. When he was insulted, he returned no insult when he suffered, he did not threaten; instead, he handed himself over to the one who judges justly. He himself bore our sins in his body upon the cross, so that, free from sin, we might live for righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. For you had gone astray like sheep but you have returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls. John 10.1-10 “Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber. But whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice as the shepherd calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has driven out all his own, he walks ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, because they recognize his voice. But they will not follow a stranger; they will run away from him, because they do not recognize the voice of strangers.” Although Jesus used this figure of speech, the Pharisees did not realize what he was trying to tell them So Jesus said again, “Amen, amen, I say to you, I am the gate for the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them I am the gate Whoever enters through me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture A thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy; I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly.”
