Fr. Nnamdi Moneme, OMV: How the Good Shepherd Remedies Our Crisis in Leadership

A man called into a Christian radio talk show to ask what to do about his wife who was constantly nagging him despite all his attempts to be a good leader in the family. The show’s host replied, “Maybe she is nagging you because you are trying to lead your family without actually becoming more like Jesus Christ.” I have been reflecting deeply on the host’s reply.

We usually dwell on the nagging and complaining that we receive for things that we did or did not do but we seldom reflect on how such naggings are reminders that we are not yet like the Jesus we claim to follow as the Shepherd of our souls. Jesus Himself assured us that we would face violent persecutions because people do not yet see Him in us; “They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me” (Jn 16:3). …

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