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Today, Catholic Christians celebrate the Fourth Sunday of Easter, also known as Good Shepherd Sunday.
This day got its name from the today’s Gospel from St. John. In part, we hear Jesus say: “I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. A hired man, who is not a shepherd and whose sheep are not his own, sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf catches and scatters them. This because he works for pay and has no concern for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the sheep” (John 10: 11-15).
Catholic Christians also celebrate this day as World Day for Prayers for Vocations. And although we believe that every person has a vocation, this day focuses on prayers for vocations to the ordained ministries (diaconate and priesthood), to the Religious or consecrated life, to societies of apostolic life, to secular institutes, and to the missionary life. 2021 marks the 58th anniversary of World Day of Prayer for Vocations.
In the photo above, we see two men of the Diocese of Raleigh (North Carolina) at their ordination Mass. On the left is Noe Ramírez of Mexico, and on the right is David Miller of the United States. David has visited Reitoca twice in the past as a member of the Basilica Shrine of St. Mary in Wilmington, North Carolina. David is the first full-blooded Native American Indian ordained for the Diocese of Raleigh.
Fr Bob, you have this amazing gift of bringing people to our Lord and his Church.