May 11 th, 2025 (4 Sunday Easter C)
Dear brothers and sisters,
“the Lamb who is at the center of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of life living water and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.” Christ is the lamb of God who sits on the throne and is also the shepherd that God has sent to us to speak to us. Through his voice the shepherd calls his sheep. God finds us and looks for us through the word and his word is so powerful it has the strength to pull us out of death. The word of today says in fact that: “my sheep listen to my voice and follow me.” Christ is calling us to follow him beyond death. As Christ resurrected from death and came out of death victorious and is now seated at the right hand of God on a glorious throne in heaven, so he is calling us to follow him. To listen and truly welcome the word of God in our life brings us out of death opening heaven for us. To “listen to his voice”, means to believe and to have faith in Christ. Christ comes to us today as the good shepherd he is calling us with this announcement. Christ has extended his arms on the cross for us to save the lost sheep. We all have been lost because of sin but Jesus Christ the good shepherd with the whistle of his word calls us out of darkness into his own wonderful light.