April 21, 2013
A
sociologist was researching a new book in which he planned to show the burden,
misery and cost to society resulting from large families.
He
interviewed the mother of 13 children.
After
taking down information about their ages, family income, and other data, he
asked, "Do you think all children deserve the full, impartial love and
attention of a mother?"
"Of
course," the woman replied.
Hoping
to catch her in a contradiction, the interviewer continued,
"Well,
which of your children do you love the most?"
The
mother answered, "The one who is sick, until he gets well; and the one who
is away, until he gets home."
A
parent's love for his/her children mirrors the love of the Good Shepherd for
us:
to
love fully and totally,
to love regardless of the cost,
to
love without limit or condition,
to
love even though such love may not be deserved or appreciated.
Christ
calls each one of us to the vocation of being "good shepherds,"
imitating his image of loving servanthood:
to
bring compassion and healing to the sick, the troubled and abused;
to
bring back the lost, the scattered and the forgotten;
to
enable others to move beyond their fears and doubts to become fully human;
to
pay willingly the price for justice and mercy for all members of the "one fold."
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