The sheep of His flock... (reflection for May 7, 2006)

In today's Gospel we are reminded that Jesus is the Good Sheperd and we are His sheep. He assures us that He will lay down His life for His sheep...

Today we are reminded of how much Jesus loves us and how he is ready to sacrifice everything for us. All of us are part of that flock that Jesus is taking care of. He loves His sheep and He never takes off His sight to us.

I surfed the net few days ago and one article caught my attention, the article has a title, "Jesus is asleep, he does not hear me.. Wake Him up!!!" and another one with a title, "wake up Jesus! wake up!"... Well.. The content simply says that it has been alot of years that they are praying... But their prayer has not yet been answered... They still keep on praying but their patience is about to reach its limit.

My friends, we must not rush the graces that will be given to us. We must be patient in everything and in every situation there is. As some of the great saints say, "patience is a virtue"... For some, prayers have been answered decades before they first asked for that blessing...

Jesus loves us, because of that love we are still alive, He is never asleep... He is the Good Sheperd who will do everything just for His sheep... Now, how can we give credit to the love that Jesus has shown to us?