The image of Jesus as the good shepherd is one that resonates with many people, invoking thoughts of divine care, protection and guidance. In artistic depictions, the good shepherd is typically a ...

The Good Shepherd by Letbetter explains, “the artist, Weinert, is saying that the shepherd saves the lamb by kneeling, a posture of humility, ignoring the thorny brush that had entangled the lamb.” ...

Welcome readers! Please subscribe through the buttons on the right. Our reading this week is from the gospel of John: “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The ...

Sunday, April 30, is the Fourth Sunday of Easter. Mass readings: Acts 2:14a, 36-41; Psalm 23: 1-3a, 3b4, 5, 6; 1 Peter 2:20b-25; John 10:1-10. Jesus says, “The shepherd of the sheep … calls his own ...

In John's passage about the Good Shepherd, Jesus describes disciples who know the Shepherd's voice, distinguish it from competing voices, refuse to follow strangers, and walk after Christ even when ...

The pastoral imagery of a shepherd guiding his sheep is commonly found throughout the Bible. In Old Testament times, the occupation of a shepherd was held by the Patriarchs, such as Abraham and Jacob.

Jesus is the Good Shepherd, and the pope is called by the Holy Spirit to shepherd Jesus' flock. The people of God are not the pope's flock, but Jesus' flock. While the pope is often called a shepherd, ...

IZNIK, Turkey (AP) — Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered one of the most important finds from Anatolia's early Christian era: a fresco of a Roman-looking Jesus as the "Good Shepherd." At the time, ...

"Jesus said, ‘I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep'" (John 10:11). This verse comes from the Gospel of John, one of the four gospel narratives in the New Testament.

The Solemnity of Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, recalls that Jesus is the "king of kings." However, he is not a king in the oppressive sense, but in the biblical sense, a shepherd who guards his ...

IZNIK, Turkey (AP) — The painting was discovered in August in an underground tomb near Iznik, a town in northwestern Turkey that secured its place in Christian history as the place where the Nicene ...

IZNIK, Turkey — Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered one of the most important finds from Anatolia’s early Christian era: A fresco of a Roman-looking Jesus as the “Good Shepherd.” The painting was ...