A time of Lexio devena for the discerning heart.

Monday of the fourth week of Eastertide.

As you begin, take a deep breath and exhale slowly.

For the next few moments, surrender all the cares and concerns of the stay to the Lord. I'm Say slowly from your heart, Jesus, I trust in you. You take over.

become aware that he is with you,

looking upon you with love, wanting to be heard deep within your heart.

A reading from the Holy Gospel, according to John, chapter 10 verses 11 through 18.

Jesus said, I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd is one who lays down his life for his sheep.

The hired man, since he is not the shepherd and the sheep do not belong to him, abandons the sheep and runs away as soon as he sees a wolf coming,

and then the wolf attacks and scatters the sheep. This is because he is only a hired man and has no concern for the sheep.

I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me, just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father,

and I lay down my life for my sheep.

And there are other sheep I have that are not of this fold, and these I have to lead as well.

They too will listen to my voice, and there will be only one flock

and one shepherd. The father loves me because I lay down my life in order to take it up again.

No one takes it from me. I lay it down of my own free will, and as it is in my power to lay it down, so it is in my power to take it up

again. And this is the command I have been given by my father.

What word made this passage come alive for you? What word made this passage come alive for you?

What did you sense the Lord saying to you? Once more, give the Lord an opportunity to speak to you.

Jesus said, I am the good shepherd.

The good shepherd is one who lays down his life for his sheep.

The hired man, since he is not the shepherd, and the sheep do not belong to him, abandons the sheep and

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