Readings
I - Acts 13: 14, 43-52
II - Rev. 7: 9, 14-17
III - Jn. 10: 27-30
“MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE”
The fourth week of the Easter Sunday is celebrated as ‘Good Shepherd Sunday’. In today’s Gospel passage Jesus says, “My sheep hear my voice”. The consequences of listening or rejecting the Word of God is given in all the three readings. Those who listen to the Word of God and live by the same, as we read in the second reading would join the multitudes standing before the throne of God. Jesus says that they would inherit life eternal and will never perish. Those who reject the Word of God in the stubbornness of their heart as did the Jews in the first reading can judge for themselves to be unworthy of eternal life.
God’s words are sown into our hearts by various persons and we too do read the Scripture individually. Reading alone does not suffice, we must hear God speaking to us, listen to him and abide by the same. If we do so even amidst all joys, sorrows, success, failure, ups and downs of our life, we are sure to inherit life eternal promised by our Good Shepherd Jesus Christ. May our mind and hear resonate with the prayer: “Lord Jesus, teach me to listen to you”
