Mark 6:34
Jesus Has Compassion for Us
34 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.
John 10:11-18
The Good Shepherd
11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. 13 The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. 17 The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”
St. Augustine said that, "You have made us for Yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in You."...
Jesus has great compassion for us...When He sees that we are like sheep without a shepherd, it is written so He began teaching His followers many things...Something is missing in our lives and it is Him...His teachings and His ways fill a void in us...We do need Him in our hearts as St. Augustine says...Because we are lost as a sheep without its Shepherd...And He is our Shepherd, the Good Shepherd...Our hearts are missing something until we find Him...