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    Mo Nguyen
     
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    FOURTH SUNDAY EASTER A                                   03 MAY 2020

     

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                JESUS: SHEPHERD AND GATE  

     

                        REFLECTIONS ON THE GOSPELS (John 10: 1-10)

                                        JESUS: SHEPHERD AND GATE

    To appreciate today’s Gospel and images it features, we have to understand something of shepherding practices in Palestine at the time of Jesus.

    In applying to himself the image of shepherd, Jesus presupposes the intimate knowledge that should exit between a shepherd and his sheep. Sheep from various flocks would be penned up at night in communal sheepfolds. At daybreak, shepherd would com to the gate, call, and gather their sheep to lead them out to pasture. While during the night the sheep were all mixed up together, the shepherd could rely on the fact that his sheep would recognise his voice, separate themselves from the rest, and willingly follow him through the gate of the sheepfold.

    Jesus contrasts a ‘good shepherd’ like this with others who come only to steal, harass, and ultimately bring about the loss of sheep that do not belong to them. Jesus goes on to identify himself with the ‘gate’ of the sheepfold. This adds a fresh dimension. If the sheep are to flourish, they have to go out each morning and find pasture. Yet, if they do not return to the fold at night, they will be at risk. So daily they have to come and go through the gate. The gate is their means of access to both protection and growth.

    As ‘Gate” Jesus performs this function for the community. Through continual interaction with him in prayer and worship its members find life and growth. In this sense he ‘has come that they may have life and have it to the full’ (v. 10).

    Brendan Burne, SJ

     

    The Good Shepherd - Fernando Ortega + Lyrics

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lpMma_eHHQ

     

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    John 10 "I am the gate":

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjUuv7KCXFg

    Chúa là mục tử:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQLZ8XK7Ks0

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    Tin Mừng Chúa Nhật IV Phục Sinh năm A - Chúa Chiên Lành:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNkBhXFmZwI