Today, I am reading and commenting on Zechariah 11-14.

Last year I wrote that today’s passage is a bit confusing.  Today as I read it I find myself thinking that I just don’t see how it all fits together.  We have the prophecy concerning the shepherds and the thirty pieces of silver, then a little later the prophecy about people looking on the one they had pierced.  These are both prophecies concerning Jesus but I do not see how they tie together, if they tie together.  Having said that I want to go back to the beginning of the passage where Zechariah gives a prophecy concerning shepherds.  At the end of that prophecy, God tells Zechariah that He is going to raise up a shepherd who will not care for the lost, seek the young, heal the injured, or even feed the healthy.  This shepherd will exploit the flock for his own pleasure.  God completes this prophecy by condemning this worthless shepherd.  It seems to me that this part of this prophecy is a warning to us about those leaders who rise up seeking only their own interests with not care for the interests of those they lead.  All too often the Church allows itself to be deceived by leaders who seek their own advancement rather than serving the Lord.

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