In this week's edition of There's More in the Gospel than Meets the Eye, Jill Bevilacqua
brings us readings and reflections for the Fourth Sunday of Easter. Listen:
Gospel Jn
10: 1-10
Jesus said: “Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever does not
enter a sheepfold through the gate but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber. But
whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. The gatekeeper opens
it for him, and the sheep hear his voice, as the shepherd calls his own sheep by
name and leads them out. When he has driven out all his own, he walks ahead
of them, and the sheep follow him, because they recognize his voice. But they
will not follow a stranger; they will run away from him, because they do not
recognize the voice of strangers.” Although Jesus used this figure of speech, the
Pharisees did not realize what he was trying to tell them.
So Jesus said again,
“Amen, amen, I say to you, I am the gate for the sheep. All who came before
me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate. Whoever
enters through me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture. A
thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy; I came so that they might
have life and have it more abundantly.”