1st reading: Acts of the Apostles 4,8-12.
Then Peter, filled with the holy Spirit, answered them, “Leaders of the people and elders:
If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a cripple, namely, by what means he was saved,
then all of you and all the people of Israel should know that it was in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarean whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead; in his name this man stands before you healed.
He is ‘the stone rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.’
There is no salvation through anyone else, nor is there any other name under heaven given to the human race by which we are to be saved.”
Psalms 118,1.8-9.21-23.26.28.29.
Give thanks to the LORD, who is good, whose love endures forever.
Better to take refuge in the LORD than to put one’s trust in mortals.
Better to take refuge in the LORD than to put one’s trust in princes.
I thank you for you answered me; you have been my savior.
The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
By the LORD has this been done; it is wonderful in our eyes.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. We bless you from the LORD’S house.
You are my God, I give you thanks; my God, I offer you praise.
Give thanks to the LORD, who is good, whose love endures forever.
2nd reading: First Letter of John 3,1-2.
See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 10,11-18.
I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
A hired man, who is not a shepherd and whose sheep are not his own, sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf catches and scatters them.
This is because he works for pay and has no concern for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me,
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the sheep.
I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. These also I must lead, and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd.
This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again.
No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have power to lay it down, and power to take it up again. This command I have received from my Father.”
Sermon Thoughts:
We see today the Good Shepherd and his sheep. We also hear Jesus’ comments on the paid shepherd.
Can a paid shepherd be a Good shepherd?
I think Jesus concentrate not on the payment.
Moreover he thinks about the Attitude of the shepherd.
That is the main aspect Jesus wants to differentiate.
We know that the sheep are different from some other animals.
I visited some days ago a Zoo in Frankfurt, together with some friends. There we could watch that some animals follow its “head”.
We too watched some goats and Sheep.
They follow their “Head”.
But the difference I noted was this.
The other animals, .like Monkey or Lion or Tiger could guide other “fellow-animals”.
But I never saw a Sheep, who was able for that.
There are many sheep in our society, who are unable to go and find their destiny. In this case we need some one to guide them.
So there are Shepherd, who are paid, who are called to work outside their Home, just as Jesus went to other sheep.
Dear ones,
It is not the payment or some other attractions that make us good shepherd, but the attachment and dedication to our sheep.
We know many “bad shepherd” in this changed world. We often criticize them too. Many are subjects of our “discussions”.
How we differentiate from them?
Are we good enough?
Are we brave enough, to live for our sheep?
That is our call. Let us not forget it…
Then Peter, filled with the holy Spirit, answered them, “Leaders of the people and elders:
If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a cripple, namely, by what means he was saved,
then all of you and all the people of Israel should know that it was in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarean whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead; in his name this man stands before you healed.
He is ‘the stone rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.’
There is no salvation through anyone else, nor is there any other name under heaven given to the human race by which we are to be saved.”
Psalms 118,1.8-9.21-23.26.28.29.
Give thanks to the LORD, who is good, whose love endures forever.
Better to take refuge in the LORD than to put one’s trust in mortals.
Better to take refuge in the LORD than to put one’s trust in princes.
I thank you for you answered me; you have been my savior.
The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
By the LORD has this been done; it is wonderful in our eyes.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. We bless you from the LORD’S house.
You are my God, I give you thanks; my God, I offer you praise.
Give thanks to the LORD, who is good, whose love endures forever.
2nd reading: First Letter of John 3,1-2.
See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 10,11-18.
I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
A hired man, who is not a shepherd and whose sheep are not his own, sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf catches and scatters them.
This is because he works for pay and has no concern for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me,
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the sheep.
I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. These also I must lead, and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd.
This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again.
No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have power to lay it down, and power to take it up again. This command I have received from my Father.”
Sermon Thoughts:
We see today the Good Shepherd and his sheep. We also hear Jesus’ comments on the paid shepherd.
Can a paid shepherd be a Good shepherd?
I think Jesus concentrate not on the payment.
Moreover he thinks about the Attitude of the shepherd.
That is the main aspect Jesus wants to differentiate.
We know that the sheep are different from some other animals.
I visited some days ago a Zoo in Frankfurt, together with some friends. There we could watch that some animals follow its “head”.
We too watched some goats and Sheep.
They follow their “Head”.
But the difference I noted was this.
The other animals, .like Monkey or Lion or Tiger could guide other “fellow-animals”.
But I never saw a Sheep, who was able for that.
There are many sheep in our society, who are unable to go and find their destiny. In this case we need some one to guide them.
So there are Shepherd, who are paid, who are called to work outside their Home, just as Jesus went to other sheep.
Dear ones,
It is not the payment or some other attractions that make us good shepherd, but the attachment and dedication to our sheep.
We know many “bad shepherd” in this changed world. We often criticize them too. Many are subjects of our “discussions”.
How we differentiate from them?
Are we good enough?
Are we brave enough, to live for our sheep?
That is our call. Let us not forget it…
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