FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER, May 3, 2009. In today's Gospel, Jesus' discourse that proclaims the Good Shepherd hits to this characteristic of goodness, love and care: he gives his life for his sheep. But often it flies over the lightly that he knows his sheep and calls them by name. This requires us to ask instead what it means for us to be known by Jesus in the Old Testament the verb "to know" implies great intimacy, a deep relationship: it was often reserved for the marital relationship. Jesus tells us that we know this: as a husband knows his wife. There is nothing abstract or vague: everyone is special and unique for him
It's like she said that Jesus, like the Father, can count only up to one. That is why, for this special bond he has with all of us, who gives his life for us. Let's say our name and hear him on the lips of the Master: he calls us by name. In Baptism is our name is combined with that of the Holy Trinity: God knows us and allows us to know love. Let us consider the second reading in this way: knowledge is only one of love and God knows us because we really really loves us.
It's like she said that Jesus, like the Father, can count only up to one. That is why, for this special bond he has with all of us, who gives his life for us. Let's say our name and hear him on the lips of the Master: he calls us by name. In Baptism is our name is combined with that of the Holy Trinity: God knows us and allows us to know love. Let us consider the second reading in this way: knowledge is only one of love and God knows us because we really really loves us.
Elis Siviero
From: "Sunday" in the May 3 2009.
PLEASE WITH THE GOSPEL
O Jesus, Good Shepherd and our only Savior, you who offered your life for our sanctification, docile listening to your generous in word and live it, consistently, at different times of our day.
away from us the temptation to follow the sellers of earthly happiness, which can not satisfy our hearts, and grant us the strength to cooperate with you in the one Church to lead the brothers who are far away.
D. Mariano Grosso osb
May 3 - 46th World Day for Vocations "I know whom I gave my trust"
You the slogan that has chosen the National Center for Vocation and offered to all our Christian communities, to accompany the journey of vocations, which sees GMPV which today celebrates its climax, but also the stage of starting to prepare of many summer experiences of boys, adolescents and young that wind and intertwine throughout the Italian Church.
This message is proposed and carried by the poster accompanying the GMPV 2009: against the background of a window stand two hands meet: a circle and a mutual support in the acceptance and trust. It is a trust in the hands of someone, the Lord Jesus, able to welcome us, embrace blessing of life that encourages, consoles, and that gently echoes his "voice" inside to shake us and guide us on the way forward. Our communities today pray with one voice, because this call may be as a response to intense and loving, like the one expressed by St. Paul, writing to his loyal friend Timothy: "I know whom I gave my trust" (2 Timothy 1, 12).
is an invitation for every Christian feels this response on the lips and hearts ... to be together, in our culture often drugged and full, frantic and tired, "witnesses and prophets of confidence."
Nico Molin Director of the Centre National Vocations
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