As promised by Jesus the Holy Spirit fills the heart of Peter and he is able to face the authorities  and eloquently praise the Lord;, attributing  the miracle they had  witnessed to the Nazarene whom they had not long before tried, tortured, mocked and killed. John is speaking directly, he knows that we are able with God's Grace to be now the adopted children of God and and we have the great hope of  seeing God in all his Glory and thus becoming like him in image and likeness unclouded by sin.

Dear Lord let the Holy Spirit who inspired your disciples of long ago come into my heart and let my actions this day reflect your grace which is my support.

The perfect freedom of thee Good Shepherd is shown in his commitment to mission which he brought into the world via his Incarnation in the womb of Mary. Mary's "yes" is the perfect acceptance of God's will which Jesus teaches. The perfect knowledge within the Trinity, the Freedom to choose to act to do the will of The Father is ours. If the shepherds we know are less than good then we must have some responsibility for we are all sinners.

Dear Lord help me to try to understand and practise the mission you left to your Church, The sacraments are the Good Shepherd in action in this world; let me have confidence in your ministers.