John 10:11-18
"They will hear my voice." (Jn 10:16)
In today’s Gospel, Christ tells us that He is the Good Shepherd who gave his life for us. Jesus, the Good Shepherd knows his own, and they know him! He promised "they will hear my voice" He didn’t say maybe they will or I hope they will. He just said "They will." As long as we quiet the busyness and distractions in our lives and give him room to speak, we will hear him.
God knows everything about us. The good, the not so good, the things we hate to admit, and those we wish weren’t true but can’t quite bring ourselves to admit. God knows it all—and still he loves us! If we believe his promise that we can experience a deep and personal relationship with him and the Father, we will see him in a way that goes beyond what we might normally expect in any human relationship.
As we grow deeper in our faith, we can begin to feel the same feelings that move Christ’s heart. St. Paul told the believers in Corinth: "We have the mind of Christ," and he tells us the same thing today (1 Corinthians 2:16). We really can know his thoughts, because he is eager to share them with us. We really can hear him, because he created us for this kind of relationship. He has given us his own Holy Spirit to help us know his love in the deep recesses of our hearts.
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