"Ako iya nagkadto diri sa kalibutan agod mahatagan ko ang mga tawo sing kabuhi, kag wala gid sing kulang"

Ebanghelyo subong nga Adlaw (Juan 10:1-10)

Nagsaysay si Jesus sa ila paagi sa paanggid, "Sa pagkamatuod, ginasugid ko sa inyo nga kon ang tawo nagasulod sa toril sang mga karnero pero wala nagaagi sa puwertahan kundi nagataklas sa kudal, ina nga tawo kawatan kag tulisan.

Pero ang tawo nga nagasulod paagi sa puwertahan amo ang matuod nga manugbantay sang mga karnero.

Ginapasulod siya sang bantay sa puwertahan kag ang iya tingog kilala sang mga karnero. Ginatawag niya ang iya mga karnero sa ila mga ngalan, kag ginadala niya dayon sila pa-guwa.

Kon makaguwa na sila, nagauna siya sa ila kag ang iya mga karnero nagasunod sa iya tungod kay kilala nila ang iya tingog.

Indi magsunod ang mga karnero sa tawo nga indi nila kilala, kundi magapalagyo gani sila tungod kay wala sila nakakilala sang iya tingog."

Ginsugid sa ila ni Jesus ini nga paanggid, pero wala gid sila nakaintiende kon ano ang buot silingon sini.

Gani nagsiling liwat si Jesus, "Sa pagkamatuod, ginasugid ko sa inyo nga ako amo ang puwertahan nga ginaagihan sang mga karnero.

May mga nauna sa akon nga mga manunudlo nga ang ila kahalimbawa pareho sa mga kawatan kag mga tulisan. Pero ang akon mga karnero wala nagpati sa ila.

Ako amo ang puwertahan. Ang nagasulod paagi sa akon maluwas. Pareho siya sa karnero nga nagasulod kag nagaguwa, kag makakita siya sing halalbon.

Ang katuyuan sang kawatan amo ang pagpangawat, ang pagpatay kag ang pagpangguba. Pero ako iya nagkadto diri sa kalibutan agod mahatagan ko ang mga tawo sing kabuhi kag wala gid sing kulang.

Prayers:

"Lord Jesus, you always lead me in the way of peace and safety. May I never doubt your care nor stray from your ways. Keep me safe in the shelter of your presence."

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Reflection of the Daily Gospel:

Do you know the peace and security of the Good Shepherd who watches over his own? The Old Testament often speaks of God as shepherd of his people, Israel. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want (Psalm 23:1). Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock! (Psalm 80:1) We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture (Psalm 100:3). The Messiah is also pictured as the shepherd of God's people: He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arms (Isaiah 40:11). Jesus says he is the Good Shepherd who will risk his life to seek out and save the stray sheep (Matthew 18:12, Luke 15:4). He is the Shepherd and Guardian of our souls (1 Peter 2:25).

What can shepherding teach us about God and our relationship with him? At the end of each day the shepherd brought his sheep into shelter. They knew the voice of their shepherd and came at his beckoning. So familiar was the shepherd and his sheep, that each was called by a distinct name. In the winter the sheep were usually brought to a communal village shelter which was locked and kept secure by a guardian. In the summer months the sheep were usually kept out in the fields and then gathered into a fold at night which was guarded by a shepherd throughout the night. He was literally the door through which the sheep had to pass. The scriptures describe God as a shepherd who brings security and peace to his people. The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and for evermore (Psalm 120:8).Even the leaders of God's people are called shepherds: they shall lead them out and bring them in; that the congregation of the Lord may not be as sheep which have no shepherd (Numbers 27:17). Just as a shepherd kept watch over his sheep and protected them from danger, so Jesus stands watch over his people as the Shepherd and Guardian of our souls (1 Peter 2:25). Do you know the peace and security of a life fully submitted to God?

Augustine writes: “He has accomplished what he taught us: He has shown us what He commanded us to do. He laid down his own life for his sheep, that within our mystery he might change his body and blood into food, and nourish the sheep he had redeemed with the food of his own flesh. He has shown us the way we must follow, despite fear of death. He has laid down the pattern to which we must conform ourselves. The first duty laid on us is to use our worldly goods in mercy for the needs of his sheep, and then, if necessary, give even our lives for them. He that will not give of his substance for his sheep, how shall he lay down his life for them?” (Tr. 46 in John, 5th century). Do you look to Jesus the Good Shepherd, to receive the strength and courage you need to live and serve as his disciple?