Good Shepherd, Good Pastor

Jesus, the Good Shepherd

Jesus, in the Gospel, presents himself as a shepherd who loves his flock and watches over them tenderly. This image is also used by him in the work of Maria Valtorta.

In "The Gospel as it was revealed to me"

The Good Shepherd (the lost sheep).^[1]
The crowds were like sheep without a shepherd (^[2]-^[3]).
I am the good Shepherd, and my sheep know me.^[4]-^[5]
I am the good Shepherd. And a shepherd, when he is good, gives his life to defend his flock from Wolves and thieves.^[6]-^[7]
I am the Universal Shepherd and I must gather all the sheep who want to enter my flock. I make no distinction between healthy and sick sheep, between weak and strong sheep, between the sheep who know me, already being part of God’s flock, and the sheep who until now did not know me and did not even know the true God.^[8]
I will strike the shepherd (^[9]-^[10]-^[11]).

Notes and references

Note: Quotations from the work of Maria Valtorta on this page currently use machine-translated text and will gradually be replaced by the official English translation. Until then, the official translation may be consulted through the reference link provided with each quotation.

[1] GRM 233

[2] Matthew 9:36

[3] Mark 6:34

[4] John 10:11-16

[5] GRM 518

[6] John 10:11-16

[7] GRM 518

[8] GRM 531

[9] Matthew 26:31

[10] Mark 14:27

[11] John 16:23

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