"Of all the names in the world given to men, this is the only one by which we can be saved." (Acts 4:12)
In Sunday’s first reading, St Peter extols the miraculous power of the name of Jesus, but in the Gospel, Jesus gives himself a metaphorical name: "I am the Good Shepherd" (John 10:11).
This is one of seven metaphorical names Jesus adopts in John’s Gospel: the bread of life (6:35), the light of the world (8:12), the door of the sheep (10:7), the resurrection and the life (11:25), the way, the truth and the life (14:6) and the vine (15:1).
