The shepherd calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has driven out all his own, he walks ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, because they recognize his voice. (Jn 10:1-10)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/043023.cfm
Today is the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. The focus is not just for vocations to ordained ministry and religious life, but rather for ALL vocations—for the Lord calls each one of us by name. And the Lord uses each one of us to shepherd the flock so that all “might have life and have it more abundantly."
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Sunday IV, Easter—Good Shepherd Sunday
