Toward Good Shepherd Sunday – Taking on the Smell of the Sheep

Toward Good Shepherd Sunday – Taking on the Smell of the Sheep

By Sister Constance Veit, lsp

Each year the Church celebrates Good Shepherd Sunday on the fourth Sunday of Easter. Looking ahead to this observance, I began pondering a rather gritty expression used by Pope Francis in his speeches and writings. Pastors and evangelizers, he says, must “take on the smell of the sheep.” What does this mean? Reflecting on the example of our foundress, Saint Jeanne Jugan, helped me to understand the significance of this expression in our vocation as Little Sisters of the Poor.
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