we can only say we truly know this Good Shepherd if we are willing to listen to his voice and follow his commands in our daily lives.

“Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”

Our faith, obedience, work for justice, and service are a response to the Savior’s gift.

God’s mercy most perfectly expresses itself in God’s desire to bring us to life in Christ, even when we were dead to sin and had wandered far away.

The Eucharist is an act of communion and we are brought into the life of Christ and the Church, as we are brought out of ourselves.

Jesus offered his followers, just as he offers each of us, the possibility of a new and life-changing relationship with God and each other within the communion of the Church.

Through Jesus and because he has given his life for “his flock,” we have an abundance of life.