{"id":61299,"date":"2023-04-30T06:11:55","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T10:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=61299"},"modified":"2023-06-06T22:24:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T02:24:38","slug":"the-good-shepherd-calls-protects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/the-good-shepherd-calls-protects\/","title":{"rendered":"The Good Shepherd Calls, Protects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From Catholic Exchange:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/catholicexchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/shutterstock_1997392616-660x350.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/catholicexchange.com\/author\/gaylesomers\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">GAYLE SOMERS<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Today\u2019s readings teach us about the care of sheep\u2014they need a gate to protect their sheepfold, a shepherd who will lead them to good pasture, and ears to hear the Voice they should follow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gospel (Read Jn 10:1-10)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s reading is best understood within its context in John\u2019s Gospel.\u00a0 In the previous chapter is the account of Jesus\u2019 healing of the man born blind, a Lenten lectionary reading.\u00a0 Recall that it was a lesson about spiritual sight and blindness.\u00a0 The simple blind Jewish man whom Jesus healed was able to see and worship Jesus as the Messiah.\u00a0 The Pharisees who interrogated him, however, wanted nothing to do with Jesus:\u00a0 \u201cWe know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from\u201d (Jn 9:29).\u00a0 If we remember that the Pharisees considered themselves to be the spiritual leaders of Judah, able to instruct the people in the fine points of the Mosaic Law and thus preserve their identity as God\u2019s people, we will comprehend why Jesus begins speaking in John 10 about sheep gates, shepherds, and flocks.\u00a0 The Pharisees repeatedly acted as blind guides for God\u2019s people, trying to insure a following for themselves.\u00a0 Jesus is about to expose them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"uncategorized\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1682835115\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"The Good Shepherd Calls, Protects\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Catholic Exchange: GAYLE SOMERS Today\u2019s readings teach us about the care of sheep\u2014they need a gate to protect their.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61299","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61299\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}