The lost sheep
There is a story told that one
day Jesus came upon a shepherd who was overcome with sorrow. ‘Why are you
so sad?’ he asked. ‘Because I have lost one of my sheep’ the man
replied, ‘and though I have looked all over for it, I have not found it.
It may be that the wolf has already devoured it.’
Then Jesus said: ‘Wait here. I will look for the sheep myself. With that
he disappeared into the hills. An hour later he returned with the sheep.
Putting it down at the shepherd’s feet he said: ‘From this day on you
must love this sheep more than any other in your flock, for it was lost and
now has been found.’
St. Peter says: ‘Once you had all gone astray like sheep, but now you have
come back to Jesus, the shepherd and guardian of your souls.’
We are all the more precious to Jesus because he had to go to the trouble of
looking for us and finding us.
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