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Pentecost Season · Year C

The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

The Good Shepherd, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
The Good Shepherd, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c. 1660Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, The Good Shepherd (c. 1660) - Museo del Prado

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"Rejoice with me, because I have found my lost sheep." (Luke 15:6)

Answering Pharisees who grumble that he eats with sinners, Jesus tells of a shepherd who leaves ninety-nine sheep to search for one lost one, then throws a party when he finds it. It is the Gospel image behind the feast's devotion to the heart of Christ that seeks out the lost.

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