THE REJECTION JOHN 10:22-42

Father is in Me and that I am in the Father

It was winter, and the Festival of the Dedication of the Temple was being celebrated in Jerusalem.  Jesus was walking in Solomon’s Porch in the Temple, when the people gathered round him and asked, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? Tell us the plain truth are you the Messiah?”

Jesus answered, “I have already told you, but you would not believe me. The things I do by my Father’s authority speak on my behalf, but you will not believe, for you are not my sheep. My sheep listen to my voice, I know them, they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall ever die. No one can snatch them away from me. What my Father has given me is greater than everything, and no one can snatch them away from the Father’s care. The Father and I are one.

I AM TELLING YOU THE TRUTH

JESUS THE GATE 10:7-10

So Jesus said again “I am telling you the truth: I am the gate for the sheep. All others who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate; they will come in and go out and find pasture.  The thief comes only in order to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come that you might have life – life in all its fullness.

 

Lord Jesus Christ, you came to save us from the destruction of the evil one, the Devil. May I listen to your warning. Deliver me from the evil one. Guide me that I may have life and have the fullness of life. For this is the purpose of your coming. 

Memorial of Pope St. Pius X