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 ...

Jesus said, “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep” (John 10:11). The word “good” in the Greek language refers “to goodness in the sense of capability.” In other ...

The Holy Father told the faithful: ‘On this first Sunday of the year, I renew to you all the Lord’s blessings of peace and good. In joyful moments and in sad ones, let us entrust ourselves to him, he ...

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.” ...

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 ...

In these days of Easter season, we hear lovely readings about Jesus the Good Shepherd. We can imagine bucolic settings of green grass and flowing waters, where this gentle Jesus leads his sheep to a ...

“Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. And it was the Mary who anointed the Lord with perfume, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother ...

If you have ever seen a large flock of birds turn and swirl in perfect synchronized motion, you have witnessed one of nature’s wonders. Each individual bird is attuned to some central organized ...

Is a pastor primarily a shepherd or a CEO? Unfortunately, this is a conversation that only exists in the American Christian world. I know no other religious movement, Christian or otherwise, that says ...

Calvert County’s newest cemetery officially opened Oct. 31 after a long road of wishful thinking and zoning issues. When Jesus the Good Shepherd in Owings was established in the 1980s, the need for a ...

On Sunday Pope Francis ordained 16 men to the priesthood, reminding them to be like Jesus the Good Shepherd in the way they serve the members of their spiritual flock and minister to those who are ...