A great letter: "Good shepherd"

Editor:

"A flock is in good shape when the shepherds are concerned for the sheep; when they loose the dogs on the wolf; when they bring the flock to graze not in areas where the grass is poisonous but where they can find nourishment.

"We need shepherds who are not mute sheepdogs, because the dogs, if they remain silent, are useless; they should be barking to sound the alarm." So wrote St. Jose Maria Escriva in 1970.

In St. Louis we have a courageous shepherd who is not mute despite the wagging tongues that try to defame him. We thank the good God for Archbishop Raymond Burke.

Anne C. Messmer
St. Louis

As always, we give thanks to God for giving us a shepherd, a faithful Bishop, who is concerned about the salvation of souls. Pray for him!

A letter from the St. Louis Review.