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'In seeking, he finds, and he finds because he takes risks.' Pope Francis emphasized that priests must be joyful, stubborn shepherds who take risks and seek out even those who are most distant from .
“The good shepherd,” Jesus says to his disciples, “lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. The hired hand runs away… I am the good shepherd… I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice…” (Jn. 10:11-16) The image of Jesus as the ‘Good Shepherd’ has always been a favourite image for Christians. Through this image we are able to identify why we find comfort and love in our relationship with Jesus. We trust that when we are lost, when we are afraid, he comes searching for us. We trust that he will never abandon us. In a famous ‘Good Shepherd’ hymn by John Rutter we sing, “The King of love my Shepherd is, whose goodness faileth never; I nothing lack if I am his and he is mine for ever.”