Hi everyone. Welcome back to the Daily Gospel Exegesis podcast. So for today's reading,

we're going to be looking at John chapter 10 versus 27 to 30.

And it's worth pointing out that over the next few Sundays, you're going to hear similar readings to what you would hear in the weekdays.

But they're kind of grouped differently.

So some of this will sound familiar to you because you'll probably hear it during the weekdays either

this week or next week but the passages kind of start at different points and end at different points

so the verses a group differently so for example during the week you might hear from perhaps

john chapter 12 versus 12 to 20 and then on the weekend you might hear something like John chapter 12

versus 15 to 23 so the brackets of where the readings start and finish will be slightly different.

So today we're looking at John chapter 10 versus 27 to 30. Jesus said the sheep that belonged to me listen to my voice. I know them and they follow me.

I give them eternal life. They will never be lost and no one will ever steal them from me.

The father who gave them to me is greater than anyone, and no one can steal from the father.

The father and I are one.

So that's our short reading today, but even that is densely packed with rich theological concepts.

And there's a whole lot you could say about what Jesus is saying here.

It's really quite profound profound and it has a lot

of implications for theology and for our spiritual life. So as always, we want to start by thinking about

the context. The last time we saw Jesus, he basically was speaking the parable of the good shepherd.

And you can hear that on the fourth Sunday of Easter in year B, and also on the

Monday of the fourth week of Easter in year A. So now he's in Jerusalem for the feast of the

dedication of the temple, and the Jewish leaders have approached him, and they've basically

demanded to know, are you the Messiah or not? And this is part of the

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