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The Good Shepherd
 


if we follow the “Good Shepherd” — no matter how difficult, tortuous or long the pathways of our life may seem, even through spiritual deserts without water and under the scorching sun of rationalism — with the guidance of Christ the Good Shepherd, we too, like the Psalmist, may be sure that we are walking on “paths of righteousness” and that the Lord is leading us, is ever close to us and that we “shall lack nothing”.

 
General Audience
St. Peter's Square
5 October 2011

 
 
 
The Good Shepherd
 


Christ puts the lost sheep upon his shoulders and carries it home. Clinging to his Body we have life, and in communion with his Body we reach the very heart of God.

 
Homily
Easter Vigil
St Peter's Basilica
7 April 2007

 
 
 
The Good Shepherd
 


God wants life for us. He wants to guide us to good pastures where we can find nourishment and rest. He does not want us to lose our way and die, but to reach the goal of our journey, which is fullness of life.

 
Angelus Address
Castel Gandolfo
22 July 2012

 
 
 
The Good Shepherd
 


If we follow the “Good Shepherd” — no matter how difficult, torturous, or long the pathways of our life may seem, even through spiritual deserts without water and under the scorching sun of rationalism — with the guidance of Christ the Good Shepherd, we too may be sure that we are walking on “paths of righteousness” and that the Lord is leading us, is ever close to us, and that we “shall lack nothing”.

 
General Audience
St Peter's Square
5 October 2011

 
 
 
The Good Shepherd
 


Jesus gave his life for his sheep, preparing for us the table of his body and blood as a foretaste of the definitive messianic banquet which awaits us in heaven.

 
General Audience
St. Peter's Square
5 October 2011

 
 
 
The Good Shepherd
 


"My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; and I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand" (Jn 10: 27-28).
The Good Shepherd alone tends his flock with deep tenderness and protects it from evil, and in him alone can the faithful put absolute trust.

 
Regina Caeli
St Peter's Square
Fourth Sunday of Easter
25 April 2010

 
 
 
The Good Shepherd
 


Christ supports us through the night of death, which He Himself experienced. He is the Good Shepherd, to whose guidance we can entrust ourselves without fear, because He knows the way, even through the darkness.

 
General Audience
Paul VI Hall
2 November 2011

 
 
 
The Good Shepherd
 


Jesus is the 'Good Shepherd' Who goes in search of the lost sheep, Who knows His sheep and gives His life for them. He is the way, the way that leads to life, the light that illuminates the dark valley and overcomes all our fears.

 
General Audience
'Psalm 23'
5 October 2011

 

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