Sunday is the third Sunday after Pentecost. The man rejoices because he has found his lost sheep.
How many sheep (bishops, priests,etc.) are lost and meandering in the wilderness, because they have lost their way? The innocent (and not so innocent) lambs are blindly following them, even unto destruction and the loss of their eternal soul. Christ will rejoice at their finding, and bring them back into the fold.
Remember when Christ asked if he would find any faith when He came back? So few have held on, especially when the world has dethroned the King and replaced Him with the prince of darkness, who blinds the flock and leads them astray. Perseverance is the key, along with fidelity to the eternal Truth established by Christ Himself.
I will end with a quote from St. Jerome.
"You are deceived if you think that a Christian can live without persecution. He suffers the greatest who lives under none. Nothing is more to be feared than too long a peace. A storm puts a man upon his guard, and obliges him to exert his utmost efforts to escape shipwreck."
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