1st Reading: Acts 4: 8-12
Responsorial Psalm 118: 1 and 5-9.21-23.26 and 28-29 (R. 22)
2nd Reading: 1 John 3: 1-2
Gospel Reading: John 10:11-18
Angela Ocheme
My Reflection
Only the Lord Jesus Christ, is the true shepherd who can protect us His children, and followers from any harm.
It will be disastrous to follow any other shepherd aside from the Lord Jesus.
He is always there at all times to shield us from danger.
He has shown us an example of protection by dying on the cross for us.
What else do we want from such a loving and caring shepherd?
Anyone who does not follow this shepherd is lost forever.
My little contribution.
ChrisMarie Obi
My Reflection
Do not be dismayed when you experience rejection, Christ experienced the same.
Often time we have so beautiful ideas to communicate to our group, at one point you know you are doing well in your capacity; but unfortunately, those ideas of yours might not fly. Not because it's not good enough, or the people don't see it, perhaps, you are working with the wrong people.
How do you handle rejection? Most times it destabilizes and weakens the zeal in us to work. Like Jesus, do not give up on your good work or kill your beautiful ideas just because you're not accepted. One day, your light will shine for everyone to see. Remember, *The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.* One day, your ideas will fly; your good work will show.
"Good Shepherd lays down his life for the sheep." As a leader, you will have to endure; and never should you get tired of serving.
Serve your home.
Serve the Church.
Serve God.
Be a good server.
May the Lord bless His Word in our hearts through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
Lady Stellamaris Nwaozuzu
My Reflection
"I am the good shepherd; I know my own and my own know me"
God made us in His image and likeness, He knows us intimately, even our unique thumbprints, our DNA, the number of hairs on our heads. Who else knows us better than us?
God made us to be like Him, we should, in turn, be "good shepherds" to those under our care, those who look up to us, and those who see us as role models... They should see us and see Christ in us... Our words, our actions, and our lives should lead people to God.
May the grace of God be our guiding light always. Amen
Dennis Ukanje
MY REFLECTIONS
"I am the good shepherd", this is the assurance we have to believe and live with for the rest of our lives as Christians. As a good shepherd as Christ stated in the Gospel, does not abandoned his flocks to the wolves. Christ is the shepherd, we are the flocks and all the numerous problems we are facing are the wolves attacking us, but remember we have the good shepherd that can never abandon us to be destroyed by our problems, the wicked wolves attacking us. He will surely chess them away. Remember that there's no any other place we can run to with our problems that they can be solved, unless we bring them to Christ. Just as Peter stated in the First Reading that, " And there is no other name under the heaven given among men by which we must be saved." It's only Christ's name, and at the mention of that name every wolves in our lives will be destroyed. St John in the second reading reminds us about God's love, that we should be called Children of God. We are God's children and because we are his children, his love for us is everlasting. Let's give praise to Him as the Psalmist said, because his mercy open our lives and endures forever. Let's just believe and have faith and it shall be well with us.
Atori Jacinta
My reflection
From the reading, we are called as Christians to put our trust in God no matter the situation we find ourselves.
Yes HE knows what we are going through and we will not be put to shame and that is why Psalm 3:5-6 says
Trust in the lord, with ALL YOUR HEART and lean not on your own
Saturday of the word of God, in all your ways submit to him and He will direct your path.
For me, our trust as Christians should be solely on God not on man and not even on ourselves because we are faced with too many situations that may shake our faith but the moment we leave it for God to take the lead as the Good shepherd, everything falls in place.
Our trust in Him should not just be in bad times but in all situation
In our decision making for that job, contract, career, life partner, relationship etc we should trust him
I pray that we harken to words of God, knowing that on our own we cannot do it
Cathy-MarieJ OBAA
MY REFLECTION: JESUS' PRIORITY - MY PRIORITY
Our top priority motivate us and drives us to win. We are driven to expend all our time, energy, and resources to succeed.
Our top priority guides our decisions, affects how we live, influences our relationships, and determines where we allot our time, energy, attention, and money.
Jesus had a central priority that influenced His life and ministry—it was to carry out the will of His heavenly Father. As Jesus said, “I came down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me” (John 6:38).
Doing the will of the Father led Jesus to proclaim the kingdom of God, to preach the Gospel, to forgive sinners, to heal the sick, to embrace the outcast, to choose His disciples, and to call people to love God with all their heart, soul, and mind and to love their neighbour.
That priority motivated Jesus to be concerned for all the people he was sent to serve. For as he said, “This is the will of the one who sent me, that I should not lose anything of what he gave me” (John 6:39).
In the Gospel (John 10:11-18), Jesus chose the image of the “Good Shepherd” to describe Himself - the Good Shepherd have concerns for all the sheep that the Father had placed in His care.
Jesus, the Good Shepherd willingly laid down His life for the sake of His sheep. He was not like “a hired man, who … sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away … because he works for pay and has no concern for the sheep.”
On the cross, Jesus demonstrated His absolute concern for His sheep. He laid down His life so they might be saved from the “wolf” of sin and death that had been attacking humanity/sheep of His flock from the time of Adam.
The Gospel presents us/me with the beautiful image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd who watches over His sheep and whose love for them is so great that He laid down His life to save them. I should make Jesus' priority my own priority and be committed to it to achieve my salvation and that of others.
I'm also to resemble Jesus - the Good Shepherd's image in being the sheep whose eternal welfare is the priority of the Good Shepherd.
We/I have to continue making every effort to win my salvation and that of others daily, by remembering and focusing on the efforts that Jesus, the Good Shepherd, made and continues to make through His Church to win our salvation. I am/we are His priority.
