Another example to ponder: Shepherds work with their sheep. A storyteller once related that together there were sheep…bunched walking in a field along with three shepherds. Then the shepherds split up and each walked in a different direction, and then each of them, made a particular whistling sound. The sheep, all bunched together, began to divide and walk towards the direction of their own shepherd; each of the sheep recognized their own and followed him. shepherd’s whistle What a beautiful image that is! And the sheep,…could it we walk towards ‘WE’, adapt to…the liturgy…as ‘OUR’ Good Shepherd, to receive Him in HIS fullness at the table of the Eucharist: Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity. Another thought or another way to look at this story came to me: Using that same three shepherds; if was the Good Shepherd ‘One’ – Who were the other two? Were they Good Shepherds or shepherds that we follow thinking that they are good BUT in reality; Could they be maybe ‘NOT’. ‘NOT SO good’ shepherds? Being all bunched up, we may be able to see or the time ‘NOT’ don’t take to realize the bad within the good the bunch. ‘OF’ Once we are called out will it be too late to change Shepherds?? – The Holy Spirit and us. does confirm strengthen He makes us confident, bold, and immune to manipulate US on by fears. Peter, for example, before receiving the Spirit, denied Christ three times. receiving the Spirit, Peter proclaimed Jesus as After fearlessly Lord and Savior without being intimidated by a formidable group of leaders, elders, or scribes.
Another example to ponder: Shepherds work with their sheep. A storyteller once related that there were sheep…bunched together walking in a field along with three shepherds. Then the shepherds split up and each walked in a different direction, and then each of them, made a particular whistling sound. The sheep, all bunched together, began to divide and walk towards the direction of their own shepherd; each of the sheep recognized their own shepherd’s whistle and followed him. What a beautiful image that is! And ‘WE’, the sheep,…could adapt it to…the liturgy…as we walk towards ‘OUR’ Good Shepherd, to receive Him in HIS fullness at the table of the Eucharist: Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity. Another thought or another way to look at this story came to me: Using that same three shepherds; if ‘One’ was the Good Shepherd – Who were the other two? Were they Good Shepherds or shepherds that we follow thinking that they are good BUT in reality; maybe ‘NOT’. Could they be ‘NOT SO good’ shepherds? Being all bunched up, we may ‘NOT’ be able to see or don’t take the time to realize the bad within the good ‘OF’ the bunch. Once we are called out – will it be too late to change Shepherds?? The Holy Spirit does confirm and strengthen us. He makes us confident, bold, and immune to manipulate US on by fears. Peter, for example, before receiving the Spirit, denied Christ three times. After receiving the Spirit, Peter fearlessly proclaimed Jesus as Lord and Savior without being intimidated by a formidable group of leaders, elders, or scribes.
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