Church of the Good Shepherd

Church of the Good Shepherd The Church of the Good Shepherd is a Roman Catholic parish comprised of 3 churches: Good Shepherd, Perryville, St. Teresa, Port Deposit, and St.

Agnes, Rising Sun, in Maryland.

04/17/2024

A mashup from "Moving Beyond Individualism in Pastoral Care and Counseling" by Barbara J. McClure, drawn from Micah 6:8, and is Pirkei Avot (Ethics of our Fathers) 2:16, and a modern text from Rami Shapiro, Wisdom of the Sages, 41, a translation of Rabbi Tarfon's work.

04/06/2024

LOVE YOUR PRIESTS
According to recent studies… a great number of priests quit each year. They don’t quit because they have a lack of faith in God. They don’t quit because they don’t believe in the calling God has placed on their life. Most don’t even quit because of financial reasons.

Priests quit because they are overwhelmed with mental exhaustion.
Until you’re a priest you’ll never fully understand what it’s like to carry spiritual burdens for people. Getting up in the middle of night, praying for your family of faith. Awakened in the middle of night with someone on your heart. Overwhelmed with concern by a persons absence or distance.

Your mind continually occupied with the presentation of the upcoming Sunday message - how to preach it, what to teach on, how do we apply it? Getting critiqued on a continual basis.
Being told you need to do better or that some areas of the church simply need to be better.

Priests invest their whole life into people and yet people will turn their backs on their pastor at the first sign of a storm, usually without a conversation. Priests stand in the middle of disputes.
Priests stand in the middle of gossip.
Priests council broken marriages.
Priests comfort those who have suffered loss.
Priests navigate the waters of imperfect people with a desire to see each one thrive in their faith.
They long for spiritual breakthroughs. Your priest craves the very best for you. All of this, while trying to battle their own flesh and grow in their own relationship with God.
Priests see the posts.
Priests hear the whispers.
Priests endure the negativity.
Priests are continually caring for the sheep while fending off the wolves.
Priest pour out and pour out - rarely being poured into.

What keeps a priest going? YOU!
You - the person who is genuinely hungry.
You - the person who worships with passion and freedom.
You - the teenager who is striving to be a follower of Jesus.
You - the single mom who understands the beauty of the hope found in Christ.
You - the one who walks through the door for the first time because you’re in search of peace, hope, and community.

Pray for your priest. Serve with your priest.
Talk with your priest. Encourage your priest.
They are human. They need You more than you think!

04/01/2024

Happy Easter! Today's Daily Jolt comes from St. Francis of Assisi. www.bustedhalo.com

Address

831 Aiken Avenue
Perryville, MD
21903

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 2pm
Tuesday 9am - 2pm
Wednesday 9am - 2pm
Thursday 9am - 2pm
Friday 9am - 2pm

Telephone

(410) 642-6534

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