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(Acts 4:8-12;\xa0\xa0 Ps.118:1,8-9,21-23,26,28-29;\xa0\xa0 1Jn.3:1-2;\xa0\xa0 Jn.10:11-18) \u201cThere is no salvation through anyone else.\u201d Do not \u201ctrust in princes\u201d or in any man; it is by Jesus alone \u201cwe are to be saved.\u201d\xa0 Though \u201cthe builders rejected\u201d Him, though the princes of this age saw fit to crucify the Lord \u2013 yet \u201cGod raised [Him] from the dead\u201d and exalted Him above every power on earth and in heaven.\xa0 And so He is indeed now the foundation of our salvation, the only shepherd who will lead us to the Father\u2026 the one who \u201clays down His life for the sheep.\u201d Many wolves there are who fat themselves, scattering the sheep to desolate places.\xa0 Their care is for the \u201cpay\u201d they receive and not the welfare of the flock they fail to tend.\xa0 Only Jesus cares for the human race; only the Christ serves His sheep in love \u2013 only He dies that we might live, that we might indeed become members of His flock. And so, \u201cblessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord\u201d; \u201cwhat love the Father has bestowed on us\u201d in Jesus, His only Son, for now we can be like Him \u2013 now we are God\u2019s holy children.\xa0 Taking \u201crefuge in the Lord\u201d by His Son, we come at once to our salvation.\xa0 Oh what glory is ours following in our Savior\u2019s wake!\xa0 Listen to what our Good Shepherd states: \u201cI know mine and mine know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father.\u201d\xa0 Realize to what union with the Father of all you are called by the Child He has borne to us for our redemption.\xa0 Oh how \u201cwonderful in our eyes\u201d this should be!\xa0 And consider if you will that one day we His children \u201cshall see Him as He is.\u201d\xa0 How shall our souls bear such blessing? Brothers and sisters, like the cripple seemingly doomed to a life of incapacity are we all.\xa0 But what Peter has effected by a word in Jesus\u2019 name is now ours by that same name and through the ministry of His apostles.\xa0 How? you say.\xa0 How shall I discover such salvation?\xa0 How shall this lame man leap like a stag?\xa0 Faith.\xa0 Faith in the Son draws the Father's mercy from above.\xa0 And if I must tell you further, I shall, you wayward soul.\xa0 Confess your sins!\xa0 Kneel before the priest the Lord has ordained as His instrument of salvation and bare your heart to God on high.\xa0 What graces are yours if only you have faith in the Lord and the Church He alone has founded.\xa0 Turn from the wolves that besiege you, and come to Him who \u201cis good.\u201d Written, read & chanted, and produced by James Kurt. Music: "Souls at a Carnival" from All One, sixth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt. ******* O LORD, your Son has died that we might be saved; let us listen to His voice and follow Him. YHWH, your Son lays down His life for us that we might be as He is, that we might be your children.\xa0 In His Name all are healed from their sins, raised from the dust to be seated with Him.\xa0 Help us to take refuge in Him and so in you; let us trust in this stone the builders have rejected. Jesus dies for us; for the sake of your sheep He is crucified, O LORD.\xa0 Yet He takes up His life again, and thus we are raised with Him.\xa0 He does not run from the sacrifice you call Him to make, but knowing well it is the only way we shall be saved, fully embraces your command.\xa0 O let us be as He is! willing to lay down our lives.\xa0 Then truly we shall be your children. There is no other name by which we are to be saved; there is no other way.\xa0 In the Cross let us find our life this day, dear God.\xa0 May your Son shepherd us to your kingdom.