- “What do you think the Good Shepherd is saying to the sheep on his shoulders?”
- So seriously, “Sheep, don’t go away again because I love you.”
- "Who do you think these people around the Good Shepherd might be?"
- “The men are the Good Shepherd's friends and neighbors and they are rejoicing with him!” (4.5yo)
This same child had a conversation with her mom, also a catechist, during the following week:
- "What would the Good Shepherd do if a sheep got lost more than once?"
- “The Good Shepherd would look and look and look and even if it was dark and he was tired, he would keep looking.”
- "What do you think he’d do when he found it?"
- “Pick it up and get his friends and family and neighbors and everyone else He knew and say 'Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice!' But Mom, the other sheep might tell him not to get lost anymore because they don’t want the Good Shepherd to keep leaving.”