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p/c Greg Roesnke
Yesterday was Good Shepherd Sunday on the liturgical calendar. To summarize the gospel lesson: Jesus is the Good Shepherd who lays down His Life for the sheep (cf. John 10). Jesus does not invent this image in John 10, it is an image he fulfills given in the prophets…
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…When did the average pastor stop considering it his duty to regularly, at least annually, visit the homes of his parish?
Historically this happened no less than once a year. At Epiphany the priest(s) would make their way around the homes of the parish, drive-out darkness, bestow a blessing, hedge it with the Name of the Triune God, and meet with the family in the dwelling they called their own…
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