Daily Inspiration

“The tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus, but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So Jesus addressed this parable to them. “What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it? And when he does find it, he sets it on his shoulders with great joy and, upon his arrival home, he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’ I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.” -Luke 15:1-7
 
No shepherd would ever risk leaving the ninety-nine to save the one gone astray. But Jesus is no ordinary shepherd. 
 
Christ loves you as if there is no one else in the universe. He is in a complete and exclusive relationship with each of us. This is true for you, me, and everyone who has ever existed and ever will.
 
The Good Shepherd does not leave the ninety-nine to go find the one; He remains entirely with the flock, just as He remains with the one who has gone astray. 
 
“And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” -Matthew 28:20
 
All Dominican Saints, pray for us.
 
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Jesus, I trust in you.