Welcome to God's Plaining.

Contemplative Preachers, Contemporary Age.

Each week, join the Dominican friars as they consider all things Catholic.

Welcome back to God's blending. I'm Father Gregory Pine joined here in Living Technicolor by Father Jacob Bertram Jansick and joined remotely by Father Patrick Briscoe from Providence, Rhode Island.

Through the Magic Vindraman Telephony.

Exactly, yep.

It wouldn't be an episode of God's planning unless we mentioned

internet telephony like a bunch of grandpa's because I know things

technological and when I say I know them I mean I don't know them. So it's pleasure to have this time and to share this week's Sunday Alexio as we meditate on the readings in preparation to make

fruitful and worthy spiritual communion so that the Lord and his generosity can continue to bless us while all graces that he has in store.

So we are celebrating this Sunday Good Shepherd Sunday the fourth Sunday of Easter.

We're coming up on about halfway through the Easter season, which is staggering.

It feels like it was Easter Sunday yesterday and here we are already a full three plus weeks into

Easter looking towards Pentecost and yeah in anticipation of the sending of the

Holy Spirit and anticipation of the kind of completion of the Pascal mystery.

We have this Sunday to meditate on the Lord as the Good Shepherd.

So without further ado, we'll just kind of launch into things as Father Patrick leads us

in the opening collect.

Almighty Eberliming God lead us to his share in the joys of heaven

so that the humble flock may reach where the brave shepherd has gone before,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one gone forever and

ever.

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