LATEST HOMILY
4th SUNDAY of EASTER
April 26, 2026

Focus: Christ is the One shepherd who leads His Flock to green pastures.

Function: Be the sheep that follows the good shepherd.

A. What Sheep are you? 

• Good shepherd Sunday which we celebrate today is no,
• Unfamiliar Sunday to us. Every fourth Sunday of Easter,
• We hear the words of Christ who proclaims Himself to be,
• The eternal shepherd of His flock. The sheep know his voice,
• And they follow Him. He also says that He is the sheep gate,
• All his sheep pass through Him, in other words no one finds 
• True, life unless they pass through Him. 
• The image of the good shepherd and its description is no,
• Stranger to us. We know that Jesus is the good shepherd that,
• Leaves the one to find the ninety-nine. We know that His,
• Voice is clear and distinct and can be discerned from others,
• Who present themselves as shepherds but are only present,
• For their own gain. But not enough attention is paid to what,
• Jesus is really saying when it comes to sheep and their,
• Relationship with the shepherd. If we knew the real nature,
• Of sheep, we would know that sheep are dim-witted and,
• Passive creatures. They are coerced by the, 
• Shepherd and sheepdogs to follow them. 
• They are forced to follow,
• Voice of their shepherd and forced by fear to follow the,
• Instructions given to them. In a real sheep pasture,
• A shepherd does not walk in front of the sheep, if a 
• Shepherd actually did that with real sheep most the sheep,
• Would remain put. An ordinary shepherd has to poke,
•  Sheep in order to move them in the right direction. 
• But with this shepherd who is Christ, He walks in front of,
• His sheep and they follow Him. What Christ said in this,
• Gospel is this. The sheep that follow Him are not,
• Sheepish. They are not foolish. Nor are they zombies.
• The sheep that follow Christ have discerned the voice of the,
• Shepherd from the voices of the world. They have left,
• Pastures of world’s artificial grass and followed the Lord, 
• Who gives pastures of life. They are not afraid of the wolves, 
• That may try to attack them or scatter them because the true,
• Shepherd is always in the pasture, 
• And always on the lookout. 
• The Good Shepherd’s sheepdogs, His bishops, priests and,
• Deacons do not coerce the sheep to the follow the shepherd, 
• Rather they walk along side the sheep and point to the,
• Shepherd who leads them. 
• The sheepdogs also go out with the shepherd,
•  And look for the lost,
• Sheep who still feed on the world’s artificial pastures of,
• Money, worldly pleasures, and ego-domination.
• The sheep in such pastures are sheep that are sheepish. 
• That are dim-witted
•  That are led by worldly shepherd that value,
• No one but themselves. When the wolves come to attack,
• Such a flock the worldly shepherds leave them for dead. 
• But the Good, Shepherd along with His sheepdogs,
•  Search for these sheep.
• They leave the ninety-nine to find the one who are so many,
• In number. And this leaves us with the question:
• Which sheep are we? And whose voice is guiding us?
• Do we listen to the Good Shepherd who challenges us daily?
• Though He gives us green pastures to feed from,
• He always challenges us to move to higher plains and never,
• Settle for the place where we are currently stationed. 
• Or are the sheep that settle for the artificial grass. 
• Are we under than patronage of, 
• The shepherd that does not care about the sheep they guide?
• What pastures are we in? What sheep are we? 

 B. Do I Know the Voice of The Good Shepherd?

• Many of us claim that we know the voice of God. 
• We know when God is speaking to us and this is fine. 
• The question is do we act on it when we hear it. 
• Or are we like, 
• The stubborn dumb sheep that stay in place and refuse to,
• Move. The sheep of Christ are active. They are unique. 
• They reject the pastures of other shepherds and follow,
• Christ where ever He may go. The sheep of Christ are not, 
• Always perfect but they always find reconciliation and 
• Come back to Him! 
• They come back because they know what,
• They have experienced in His voice, they know what they,
• Have encountered in His pastures. And that is love, 
• Self giving, unconditional love, that calls His sheep not as a,
• Herd or a flock but individually by name and love them, 
• As if they were the only ones to love. Such sheep are not, 
• Dumb, they know good pastures and they will stick with it. 
• But what about those sheep that have not tasted the pastures,
•  Of Christ? Are they eternally lost? Will they ever find the,
• The pastures of the Good shepherd? When it comes to such,
• Questions, this is something I am not sure of? 
• But as a pastor of the shepherd, through prayer and,
• Perseverance in ministry I can only pray and hope for the,
• Best. A good shepherd never forces sheep to enter into the,
• Sheep gate. He can only call and direct the lost sheep on,
• Where to go. But there are sheep that choose to be lost. 
• They choose to graze the pastures of the world because it is, 
• Comfortable. 
• It is easier to follow a shepherd that lets me do,
• As a please, rather than follow one that will challenge me. 
• It is easier to follow a shepherd that will give me short cuts, 
• Rather than one who will push me to climb higher, 
• Terrain. It is easier to follow a shepherd who gives what we,
• Want to graze on rather than the food that is not easy to,
• Sallow. Many shepherd are present in today’s world. 
• Unfortunately, many pastors are like that 
• and it is something I myself  need to be weary of. 
• When you have a shepherd that takes beatings from His sheep, 
• Because they do not want to go in certain direction. 
• You have found yourself a valuable shepherd. You have,
• Found in that shepherd the Good Shepherd, because in such,
• A shepherd who feeds His sheep even though some refuse,
• To eat from his pasture. You have found yourself a shepherd, 
• Who will lay down His life for His sheep. Even when they 
• Reject Him.
• Friends if we are in pastures where the shepherd, 
• Does not care and does not love us as if we are the only, 
• Sheep to love, then we ought to find different pastures. 
• But if we find ourselves in the pasture, where the shepherd, 
• Is watching where we go, calling us to come after him, 
• And throws himself in front of us when danger strikes, 
• We have not only found the Good Shepherd, we have found, 
• The pastures that never runs dry. The plains that lead to the,
• Meadows of Heaven. And a shepherd that feeds us with,
• More than just green pasture, but with His Body and Blood. 
• And there is only one shepherd with such a voice, such,
• A pasture. Have you heard His voice? Have entered His,
• Gates, have fed On His everlasting food? 
• Have you become His sheep? 

 Amen!