Monday Lunch Bible Study today in Sbarro at the HUB! 12:15 – 1 pm! Bring or buy your lunch and come explore ideas, questions and perspectives on the gospel reading for Sunday. Check our facebook page around noon for the exact location. Not able to make it? Check out the reading and reflection questions below.
John 10:11-18
11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away—and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 The hired hand runs away because a hired hand does not care for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. 17 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again. I have received this command from my Father.”
Reflections
What do you notice in the reading?
What associations do you have with sheep?
How does the shepherd image speak to you?
What do we know about shepherds?
Where do we hear Jesus’ voice?
How have you experienced God’s care?
How would you like to experience God’s care?