Carmelite homily for Tuesday, December 10, 2019 – Lectionary 182
In today’s Gospel we have the well-known parable of the Lost Sheep. Jesus asks, which of you who have a hundred sheep, if one is lost would not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go look for the one? But how do we not be the one? How do we avoid that? How do we prevent that? Teresa of Avila has a very simple answer. She writes, “For all who follow Christ, if they don’t want to get lost, must walk along the paths he trod.” It’s as easy as that.