I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. … I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again.
How precious and comforting that You spoke of me, recognizing Your plan for me, that I should be brought into Your flock in the fullness of time. One flock, one Shepherd–the foreshadowing of the one Lord, one Body, One Spirit, one Baptism yet to come.
Today’s readings in the Psalms:
Morning: Psalm 29
Mid-day: 119:65-72
Evening: Psalm 104
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