Notre bon berger est devenu le modèle des sous-bergers. Sa grande préoccupation est le bien des brebis. Un bon berger se donne à ses brebis. Un voleur vient chercher quelque chose dans le troupeau - de la laine ou du mouton. Jésus notre Seigneur a subordonné toute revendication personnelle à la bénédiction de son troupeau, jusqu'à donner sa vie pour qu'il vive.
Walter Chantry, The Shadow of the Cross - Studies in Self-Denial, 1981, p. 59.
Our Good Shepherd has become the model for under-shepherds. His great concern is the good of the sheep. A good shepherd gives himself to the sheep. A thief comes to get something form the flock – wool or mutton. Jesus our Lord made every personal claim subservient to the blessing of his flock; even to giving His life that they might live.
Walter Chantry, The Shadow of the Cross – Studies in Self-Denial, 1981, p. 59