Jesus is the best, the most loving and the most self-sacrificing of shepherds. He is the Good Shepherd: we are His flock. A shepherd’s place is with his flock. Too many of us have become lost sheep, straying goats. We have separated ourselves from His side by an uncontrolled desire. Perhaps we separated ourselves from Jesus because of what we desired or maybe to foolishly satisfy our curiosity. Our shepherd came after us and brought us back to the flock. Jesus never abandons the sheep that stray from His flock. Because Jesus is the Good Shepherd He never abandons us. He sacrifices Himself for us. He hopes to convince us that away from Him we are preys to the ravenous wolves and poisonous snakes that attract us. These wolves and snakes nourish our fantasies and imaginations promising us what they cannot give. They tempt us as they tempted Eve in Eden and Jesus in His 40 day retreat in the wilderness. Jesus has not abandoned us in this pandemic!