SUNDAY IV Easter B 2009 The “Surrexit pastor bonus” by Mendelsshon, sung by the Choir School of Montserrat, makes us feel the presence of the SHEPERD

After curing the man born blind, crossing the city, Jesus says that EASTER day: The first DAY of Creation Jn 20:1-9 2nd Sunday: BELIEVING without seeing Jn 20: 19-31 3rd Sunday: RECOGNIZING HIM Lk 24: 35-48 4th Sunday: The SHEPERD loves us Jn 10:11-18 5th Sunday: Remaining in HIM Jn 15: 1-8 6th Sunday: Giving LIFE for the friends Jn 15: 9-17 After curing the man born blind, crossing the city, Jesus says that He is the True Shepherd Maximum Cardus of the Roman Jerusalem

The Good Sheperd is “God with us” The bottom of the wall is VII century bC Hezekiah, the good king, the "Emmanuel" The Good Sheperd is “God with us”

Jn 10:11-18 I am the good shepherd.

Don’t you still understand that you ALL are important? The Shepherd is to the service of the sheep. Although blind from birth, or poor... Don’t you still understand that you ALL are important?

The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

Giving life is always to be close, although you do not note…. And when you are sick, take you in the arms

He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees,

Why don’t you discern between sheperds and wolves? Those who abandon the flock in times of crisis, are only interested in their daily wage Why don’t you discern between sheperds and wolves?

and the wolf snatches them and scatters them and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

Your silence is criminal In 2008 1000 million of poor people died of hunger, and the world the world produced enough to feed 10,000 million people If you do not invent another society you will all die destroyed

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 the sheep.

Just as I know you, recognize your brothers Don’t you know they are waiting for you?

And I have other sheep that are not of this fold And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.

Only staying TOGETHER the world will maintain itself With those coming from afar, and those of you that are going to help, must be A SINGLE flock Only staying TOGETHER the world will maintain itself

For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received

The FATHER and I , just like mothers, give life You also have this mission

Lord Jesus, grant that we know how to build a new world, full of LIFE for all