Bahhhh!!!

The erudite Msgr. Charles Pope has written a nice article for the Archdiocese of Washington's blogsite about the last Sunday's Gospel reading - John 10:27-30 (which also ties in to the previous weekend's Gospel - John 21:1-19). We always hear that we are like sheep: always wandering off & getting lost. And that's probably true.

But the good monsignor has some other interesting observations, both good & not so good. I'm sure he wouldn't mind if I reproduce one of the more salient points here...

Sheep are wary... Sheep have the remarkable quality of knowing their master's voice and of instinctively fearing any other voice and fleeing from it. In this matter sheep are smarter than most of us. For we do not flee voices contrary to Christ. Instead we draw close and say, "Tell me more." In fact we spend a lot of time and money to listen to other voices. We spend huge amounts of money to buy televisions so that the enemy's voice can influence us and out children. We spend large amounts of time with TV, radio, Internet. And we can so easily be drawn to the enemy's voice. And not only do we NOT flee it, but we feast on it. And instead of rebuking it we turn and rebuke the voice of god and put his word on trial instead of putting the world on trial. The goal for us is to be more wary, like sheep and to recognize only one voice, that of the Lord...

A little H.E. advice: read everything Msgr. Pope writes.

Mosaic photo taken at the Basilica de Notre Dame de Fourvier overlooking Lyon, France in 2008.