In this week's edition of "There's more in the Gospel than meets the eye," Jill Bevilacqua
and Seàn-Patrick Lovett bring us readings and reflections for the Fourth Sunday of
Easter. Listen: Gospel Jn
10:11-18
Jesus said: "I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down
his life for the sheep. A hired man, who is not a shepherd and whose sheep are
not his own, sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the
wolf catches and scatters them. This is because he works for pay and has no concern
for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me, just
as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the
sheep. I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. These also I must
lead, and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd. This
is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again. No
one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have power to lay it down,
and power to take it up again. This command I have received from my Father."