The Shepherd
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 The Shepherd The Shepherd “ The Lord is my Shepherd, there is nothing I shall want” I hear this hymn all the time in the Church, and it sits in the mind like a chicken and then goes roaming off after a few minutes. But the things that has been staying in the mind is the word “Shepherd” . Shepherd …. Which means “one who tends to sheep”. In the Catholic faith, Jesus is shown as a Shepherd who constantly cares for his sheep who are the Catholics. But how about the profession, the one of a shepherd who goes around taking care of the sheep Well, for starters shepherding is an ancient profession which has its roots in history from the times of Christ and probably even before . Whenever I would think of the Shepherd’s job, then the imagery would play on my mind. The flock of sheep are rounded up and taken over the hills and the shepherds would round them up to graze, and w