Daily Reading & Meditation

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word - John 10:22-30 - It was the feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem; it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon. So the Jews gathered round him and said to him, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word - John 10:11-18 - I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. He who is a hireling and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep...

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word - John 6:60-69 - Many of his disciples, when they heard it, said, "This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?" But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at it, said to them, "Do you take offense at this? Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending where he was before?

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word - John 6:52-59 - The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat" So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you...