7 Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. 9 I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. 11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. 12 But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. 13 The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. 15 As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. 16 And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd. 17 “Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. 18 No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father.”

The word of God that we should always keep in our hearts.

We must follow Jesus Christ, our Shepherd. Unlike other shepherds who prove themselves to be false, Christ is genuine, trustworthy, and worthy to follow. He made promises, and fulfilled those promises. He said he will die and rise again, and that is just what happened. He said that he would remain in us, and we remain in him, and for us who have loved him by keeping his commandments in faithfulness to him, his words are true. He has said that he will always be with us, unto the very end of the Age, and he is still with us, still performing miracles (see Eucharistic Miracles and miracles through Saints), and is still healing us and saving us. Many 'shepherds' would come along in our lives and may deceive us, but Christ our Good Shepherd is genuine and the fullness of truth. He shows us how genuine he is by laying is life down for us, and taking it up again for our Salvation and Freedom from Sin. Therefore, let us always keep his words in our hearts, always praying faithfully to Him who saved us, let us always practice the virtue of faithfulness and steadfastness for Christ the Good Shepherd, and let us imitate his Holy Example of being a Good Shepherd. Amen.