Easter 4. Good Shepherd Sunday
Good Shepherd Sunday. John 10 ; I Peter 2 I remember one Sunday in the Army Chaplaincy helping out in one of the Anglican services and the higher ranking Chaplain , Major, Bill, asked me, " You have not heard of Good Shepherd Sunday?" I said, " no" . He couldn't believe I had not. But I came from an older group that did not have that. Now I am glad I have been adopted by it. What can be more beautiful than the Good Shepherd , our Lord Christ ? Vanessa and I used to worship in a little Church in the Philly suburbs, and behind the Table was a lovely stained glass window of the Christ as Good Shepherd with the sheep He was herding. ( I know the discussions about the images issues ....but I find myself rather on either side of it.) We usually discuss the Gospel on this Sunday and there are many delightful words in there for us to ponder. Jesus is the Door to the Sheepfold for example . The others are not ...