The Shepherd Divine
Saturday, 4th week in Ordinary Time
Heb 13: 15-17, 20-21; Mk 6: 30- 34
What do we have to worry about, when the Lord is our Shepherd! We need only to become the sheep of the flock that belongs to the Lord. The way to do that is to endlessly do good. Do good without any reason, without any hesitation, without any expectation, without any discouragement.
Three qualities are needed by all means to do this. First of all, faith with which one accepts this challenge from the Lord. Secondly, endurance with which one withstands all disheartening factors. Thirdly, the sensitivity with which one knows what the other needs without the other even expressing it.
Our Divine Shepherd is an epitome of these qualities... who accepted the challenge of being good, endured all that worked against it and treated everyone around him with utmost sensitivity.