4/25/21: The 4th Sunday in the Easter Season....In this episode we break down the readings from the Fourth Sunday of Easter( https://bible.usccb.org/Bible/readings/042521.cfm ) . The common theme throughout the readings is the exhortation to know the Lord and His goodness and thereby come to know ourselves and the salvation God offers us. It is a call to personal relationship with God through intimacy and mutual understanding. Through getting to know God, you will understand just how good and therefore trustworthy and loving God is. 

Time Stamps

(4:53) Theme for readings

(8:17) Relationship with God vs Building Intimacy with God

(22:44) 1st Reading

(48:08) Responsorial

(1:04:35) 2nd Reading

(1:29:11) Gospel Reading

(1:47:28) Final Thoughts

Peter and John, having healed a well-known crippled beggar at the temple, proclaim that it is the name of Christ who is the source and that salvation for all comes through Jesus' name. In the responsorial, we return to psalm 118 which is the psalm about the rebuilding of the temple and, this time, focusing on the goodness of God. The second reading is John's letter to the Church reminding us that we are truly children of God and, like Christ, that means we have been set apart--made different from the rest of the world--in a profound way. Lastly, John's Gospel reading is one of Jesus' famous I Am statements: I am the Good Shepherd. A shepherd is supposed to take care of and protect the sheep of his flock. Despite the failure of the leaders of Israe to do so, God sends Jesus to shepherd Israel (as promised in Ezekiel 34) and intends to be the Good Shepherd even to the point of dying for His sheep--us, His Church.

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