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Henri Nouwen said of friendship: “When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.” This definition is more in keeping with Jesus’ definition of friendship in today’s Gospel because it speaks to the sacrificial love that marks

Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing. These words from Sunday’s Gospel remind us plainly that we must spend our entire life staying connected to Jesus who is the vine.

On this Good Shepherd Sunday, the Church asks us to be attentive to the call to priesthood, religious life, and the diaconate. “World Day of Prayer for Vocations” is an invitation to ask the Lord of the harvest to send more workers into the vineyard – more disciples who live entirely in the service of the Gospel. I was privileged to serve as director of vocations of our diocese and rectory of our college seminary