Let us pray
(that Christ our Shepherd will lead us through the difficulties of this life)
Almighty and ever-living God,
give us new strength,
from the courage of Christ our Shepherd,
and lead us to join the saints in Heaven,
where He lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit,
one God for ever and ever.
In making this prayer tangible, the following reflection questions emerged:
- How does the image of Christ the Good Shepherd impact in my life?
- What do I know of the image of Christ as Shepherd and how does it relate to me?
- What is the courage of Christ the Good Shepherd?
- How can Christ the Good Shepherd give me courage this coming week?
- What desire do I have to join the saints in Heaven?
- Why should Heaven be my ultimate and primary goal?
- the Shepherd lets his sheep through the gate
- the sheep listen to His voice.
- He calls each sheep by name.
- He goes ahead of the sheep and they follow Him.
- The sheep know His voice.
Sheep are often considered to be dumb animals,and we, can be indeed by
like sheep following the leader, even if the leader is not leading us to
where we need to be. Each of the characteristics of Christ as Good shepherd can be most comforting for us who struggle with our lives. Christ knows each of us by name and we know His voice when we listen to Him. He goes ahead of us and we follow Him.
However, when we have Christ as our Good Shepherd who loves us and knows us by name, we definitely need to listen to His voice and follow Him, so that He will lead us to greener pastures.
So let us not be dumb sheep, but follow Christ as our Shepherd. Let us listen to His voice and respond to Him as He calls us each by name. Let us discern and listen to the voice of the Shepherd that Christ has given us in our pastor. Let us pray for him on this special day, and ask that Christ may give many more vocations.
May Christ the Good Shepherd guide you.
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