What is your favorite song?

Each of you has a favorite song, a favorite song that you’ve heard more than a hundred times. It is so familiar to you that it would be enough if you attended three or four notes from this song and immediately said: yes, that’s my best. And maybe you’ve experienced a situation where you’ve been in a big shopping mall or traveled by bus, and in that noise, in that mixture of different voices and sounds, you’ve already recognized your favorite song based on a few tones. It doesn’t seem like it yet, but recognizing your favorite music with a few techniques is related to today’s gospel.

In it, he presents himself as a good shepherd who knows his sheep very well. And they, in turn, know their shepherd and his voice. To see the voice of your Lord, to recognize him in this noisy and hurried world. Who among us does not desire this? However, we understand that this is not easy at all. The fact that the shepherd knows his sheep, and they know him expresses nothing more than Jesus’ sincere, intimate relationship with his disciples, who realize that they are dependent on him. And this relationship is built even when no one sees us, in the solitude of our room, on our knees. If, in silence, behind closed doors, we have a frank conversation with Jesus, then it is easier for us to hear His voice in the noise of this world, in the noise of daily duties and worries.

With my favorite song, I can recognize the noise even on based on free or four tones because I have already given this song many times in solitude, in silence, “a chance”. I.” a recognize the voice of Jesus in the noise of everyday life because I have many times given “a chance” to his voice in prayer, silence, and solitude. Thus, today’s gospel challenges us to make our “favorite song” the very “ordinary words of the Shepherd” in moments of prayer, in silence, because giving space to God in silence leads to recognize His voice in the noise of the world.

Come to the depths: Is the Word of God one of my “favorite songs”? What voice do I “feed” my ear with? The voice of lies or half-truths? Do I realize that even in the words of people or in the situations I experience, the voice of God is heard?

Tip for you: I will include the Word of God among my “favorite songs.”