Ezekiel 34:18 (WEB)
Does it seem a small thing to you to have fed on the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? And to have drunk of the clear waters, but must you foul the residue with your feet?
Catechism · 1
“It is also the flock of which God himself foretold that he would be the shepherd, and whose sheep, even though governed by human shepherds, are unfailingly nourished and led by Christ himself, the Good Shepherd and Prince of Shepherds, who gave his life for his sheep.” — Catechism footnote: LG 6; Cf. Jn 10:1-10; Isa 40:11; Ezek 34:11-31; Jn 10:11; 1 Pet 5:4; Jn 10:11-16.
Fathers and councils · 3
Jerome
“The dish soon found itself a cover; and the muddy feet of heretics fouled the clear waters of the faith of Rome.” — editor's note: Cf. Ezek. xxxiv. 18.
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Aphrahat
“On this account the Prophet addresses them, saying to them:—O ye pastors who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture, hear the word of the Lord.” — editor's note: Ezek. xxxiv. 2–4, 9, 10–12, 18, 19.
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Gregory the Great
“Hence it is that the Lord through the prophet complains of the contemptible knowledge of shepherds, saying, When ye yourselves had drunk most pure water, ye fouled the residue with your feet; and My sheep fed on that which had been trodden by your feet, and drank that which your feet had fouled (Ezek. xxxiv. 18, 19).” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule I.3.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule I.3.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule I.3.