Commenting on this Sunday's Gospel of the Good Shepherd and on Psalm 23, Msgr. Joseph Prior explains the image of a shepherd's care. Jesus embraced suffering and now leads us in love through the gate ...

This is the official English translation of the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s homily for Mass on the Fourth Sunday of Easter ...

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.” ...

There is this idea in the Bible that goes back centuries and millennia, that God is like a shepherd. When God formed a community to be his representatives to the world, he chose, not city dwellers or ...

How do you tell the shepherd’s voice from your own? How do you distinguish between the two, especially as his almost always ...

Do not fear or be afraid of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; He will not leave you or forsake you.”  Jesus says in ...

Sunday, May 8, is the Fourth Sunday of Easter. Mass readings: Acts 13:14, 43-52; Psalm 100:1-2, 3, 5; Revelation 7:9, 14b-17; John 10:27-30. The Lord says, “My sheep hear my voice.” The Lord is not ...

New priests lie face down on the floor during an ordination ceremony presided over by Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, April 22, 2018. (Credit: Tony Gentile/Pool Photo via ...

What makes a good leader? Jesus seems to think it requires a willingness to sacrifice. This is not a novel concept. When I ...

Sunday, April 30, is the Fourth Sunday of Easter. Mass readings: Acts 2:14a, 36-41; Psalm 23: 1-3a, 3b4, 5, 6; 1 Peter 2:20b-25; John 10:1-10. Today’s Gospel speaks of our Shepherd, Jesus, and what he ...

One of the more powerful realities in life is when someone special calls you by name. I remember well a moment during my ...