Today is Good Shepherd Sunday, following the Saturday dedicated to the Mother of the Good Shepherd, the Sheepfold of Rational Sheep as the East calls the BVM in the Akathist.
From Aleteia (Slightly edited)
By Philip Kosloski
Good Shepherd Sunday is currently celebrated on the 4th Sunday of Easter.Catholics in the Roman Rite celebrate Good Shepherd Sunday during Eastertide.
Similar to “Low Sunday,” it is fixed on a particular Sunday during the Easter season.
This particular Sunday has always coincided with the following passage from the Gospel according to St. John:
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for his sheep,John 10:11
Prior to Vatican II, this day was celebrated on the 3rd Sunday of Easter and still is in the Mass of the Ages. Since Paul VI's Deform it is kept on the 4th Sunday of Easter in the NO.
It is a day to focus on Jesus’ role as shepherd of souls and our role of following his voice wherever he goes.
Pictured: The Good Shepherd, c. 300–350, at the Catacombs of Domitilla, Rome, via Wikipedia
No comments:
Post a Comment
Comments are subject to deletion if they are not germane. I have no problem with a bit of colourful language, but blasphemy or depraved profanity will not be allowed. Attacks on the Catholic Faith will not be tolerated. Comments will be deleted that are republican (Yanks! Note the lower case 'r'!), attacks on the legitimacy of Pope Leo XIV as the Vicar of Christ, the legitimacy of the House of Windsor or of the claims of the Elder Line of the House of France, or attacks on the legitimacy of any of the currently ruling Houses of Europe.