1. Wednesday Gospel Webinar
Portsmouth Diocese – Formation for Mission

2. Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth.
O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations, Through Christ Our Lord, Amen.

3. Literal meaning Where? John 10 – in Jerusalem
When? after ‘the man born blind’ and before ‘Lazarus’
What? Jesus teaches – ‘The good shepherd discourse’
Who? Jesus, some Pharisees, disciples, man born blind?
How? ‘The Good Shepherd’ discourse
Why? After giving light (John 7,8,9), Jesus gives life (John 10,11)

4. The Gate The Gatekeeper The Shepherd The Sheep The thief and brigand
SHEEPFOLD
The Gate
The Gatekeeper
The Shepherd
The Sheep
The thief and brigand

5. the promised shepherd of Israel
Finding God
Jesus:
the promised shepherd of Israel
Son of David
Son of God
Gate
Shepherd

6. Finding the human person
The sheep:
Hear and listen to the shepherd’s voice: Faith
Follow him: Charity
Find pasture: Grace / the Eucharist

7. Finding the Church ‘Feed my sheep’:
The hierarchical function in the Church: Christ our Shepherd
The Bread of the Word and the Bread of the Eucharist

9. Mary, Virgin and Mother,
you who, moved by the Holy Spirit,
welcomed the word of life
in the depths of your humble faith:
as you gave yourself completely to the Eternal One,
help us to say our own “yes”
to the urgent call, as pressing as ever,
to proclaim the good news of Jesus.
Mother of the living Gospel,
wellspring of happiness for God’s little ones,
pray for us.
Amen. Alleluia.

10. Acknowledgments
Mosaics artworks: © Fr Marko Rupnik and Centro Aletti
Picture of sheepfold: By ThunderChild5 from uk - Sheep Fold, CC BY 2.0,
With gratitude to the Wednesday Word