Sometimes the mystery of love can be best expressed in poetry as is evidenced by this mystical book, the Song of Solomon, from the Old Testament encouraging us to express our searching and longing for God.

Acts 17:26–28

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