"There shall be one fold and one Shepherd."
MEANING ONLY ONE TRUE CHURCH! 👈️
This Sunday is often called Good Shepherd Sunday: the Gospel tells us of the Good Shepherd. Jesus is indeed the Good Shepherd of our souls. He came to give His life for us. The picture of the Good Shepherd, not shown here, is very familiar to all the faithful. Our good example and prayers must help bring the "sheep going astray" meaning people, back to Christ, that there may be "one Fold and one Shepherd." 🐑️
Mass Introit. Ps. 32, 5. 6. The earth is full of the mercy of the Lord, alleluia: by the word of the Lord the heavens were established, alleluia, alleluia. Ps. 32, 1. Rejoice in the Lord, O ye just: praise becomes the upright.
Today the Traditional Catholic Church celebrates the Holy Mass of, The Second Sunday After Easter. Today's Mass lesson for traditional Catholics; Gospel: John. 10, 11-16. At that time Jesus said to the Pharisees: "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep. But the hireling and he that is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming and leaveth the sheep, and flieth: and the wolf catcheth and scattereth the sheep: and the hireling flieth, because he is a hireling, and he hath no care for the sheep. I am the good shepherd: and I know Mine, and Mine know Me. As the Father knoweth Me, and I know the Father: and I lay down My life for My sheep. And other sheep I have, that are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear My voice, and there shall be one fold and one shepherd".
How does Christ show that He is the good shepherd?
By taking all pains to seek, to find, and to bring back to the right way the lost sheep, that is, the sinner; finally, that He offers up His life for His flock, and gives Himself to be their food, and a pledge of eternal life, (1. John v. 10); Rom. v. 8).
How do we know the sheep of Christ?
By their hearing and following the voice of Christ. By their willingly receiving and striving to fulfill His teachings. By their obeying the Church and her ministers, for whoever hears her, hears God Himself, and, as Saint Augustine says, he who will not have the Church for his mother cannot have God for his Father. By their receiving, often and gladly, the food of the Good Shepherd, the Holy communion. By being patient and meek, forgiving their enemies readily and willingly. By loving their fellow men, and by seeking to bring into the one fold those who are out of it.
WHAT WE MUST BELIEVE CONCERNING HOPE.? “I lay down My life for My sheep." John X, 15.
Jesus Christ, by His death, has obtained for us not only forgiveness of our sins, the grace and means of leading lives pleasing to God, but also eternal happiness in the life to come.
In what does eternal happiness consist?
In the clear contemplation and perfect love of God.
What is necessary to obtain eternal happiness?
Before all else, the grace of God, which enlightens our faith, confirms our hope, inflames our love, and, through the holy sacraments, imparts the strength required to do good.
Have we nothing more to do?
We must pray for the grace of God, and zealously cooperate with it, since, as Saint Augustine says, though God has created us without our concurrence, yet will He not save us unless we work with Him.
When should we make an Act of Hope?
1. In time of tribulation, and of temptation against this virtue. 2. At receiving the holy sacraments. 3. Frequently during our ordinary life, and at the hour of death.
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Did Jesus make known to all souls?😯️ Did He say many are called, few are chosen?🤔️
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