Father Anthony warns against judging others and encourages self-reflection, reminding us to transform our thoughts, focus on our own shortcomings, and treat others with the understanding and mercy we desire for ourselves.

Father Anthony reflects on the steady, sheltering love of John 10:11–16, where Jesus speaks in the plain, luminous language of the fields and folds—yet reveals a mystery large enough to hold every fear we carry: “I am the good shepherd.” He lingers on the contrast Jesus draws with piercing simplicity: not the hired hand who serves only while it’s easy, who flees when danger gathers and leaves the sheep to be scattered, but the Shepherd who belongs to the flock—and whose belonging is proved not by words, bu

Father Anthony encourages us to return to the Lord’s grace so that He may have mercy upon us.