Father Anthony reflects on the parable of the lost sheep to explore the extravagant mercy of Christ—the Good Shepherd who leaves the ninety-nine to seek out the one who has strayed.

What is a Healing Mass, and how does it differ from a regular Mass? Father Anthony Gramlich, MIC answers these questions and more in this episode of Ask A Marian.The National Shrine of The Divine Mercy holds a Healing Mass on the last Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m ET. For more information, please visit ShrineofDivineMercy.org.

Father Anthony reflects on the shock and promise of John 6:52–59, where Jesus’ words ignite dispute—“How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”—because the Lord refuses to soften what He means: unless we eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, we have no life in us. He speaks with a holy insistence that feels almost too close, too concrete, as if salvation were not merely an idea to admire but a life to receive—His life, given to be shared.