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  Wednesday – 4 th Week of Easter Gospel – John 12:44-50 Follow the Light Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem There was a little boy living with his family on their farm.   He always liked to help out as much as he could but he had a secret fear of the dark.   One night, his father asked him to go out to the barn to check on their cows.   His father gave him a lantern to light his way but the boy was still terrified.   “I can’t even see the barn” he said.   His dad replied “You don’t need to.”   “Just go as far as the light from the lantern will take you; then go a bit farther, then a bit farther, and you will reach the barn.   Just keep following the light and you will get there.” So it is for us – baby steps, follow the light, and eventually we will get to the kingdom. We all have moments of darkness, even as adults.   Moments when we are lost, frightened, so unsure of the future that we just want to crawl under the covers and ...
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  Tuesday - 4 th Week of Easter Gospel – John 10:22-30 Falling on Deaf Ears Wailing Wall In Monty Python’s highly irreverent comedy “The Life of Brian”, there is a scene where Jesus is preaching the Sermon on the Mount.   There is a great crowd of people listening to His every word.   But when He teaches “Blessed are the Peacemakers…”, the people way in the back don’t hear the words clearly.   Instead they hear “Blessed are the cheesemakers.”   And they begin to grumble and argue over why Jesus would single out only one profession above any other.   Why cheesemakers?   Or does He really mean anyone involved with dairy and production?   Curious! Sometimes, many times, we hear what we want to hear!   Our hearing becomes either highly selective or outright deaf!   Sometimes we can be so distracted by other things that we are completely blind and deaf to those around us.   Those of you with teenagers know this to be true! Some...
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  Monday – 4 th Week after Easter Gospel – John 10:11-18 Mary Had a Little Lamb Verdant Pastures / Restful Waters of Sea of Galilee Mary had a little lamb……….. you know the rest. We hear a lot about sheep/shepherds in today’s readings.   But unless we grew up in the country or worked on a farm, our experience of sheep is probably limited to nursery rhymes and petting zoos. Sheep, especially from a child’s perspective, are cute, cuddly.   They seem so innocent and trusting.   But in a word, sheep are DUMB!    Without any guidance, they will wander anywhere; they will eat anything.   They have no natural defenses and, without a protector, they are food for any predator. They need a shepherd, someone who watches over them full-time.   There is no such thing as a day off for a shepherd; he lives with them day in and day out.   He feeds them, guides them, and protects them.   That is what it means when the Psalm says: the Lord is my ...
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