The first parable speaks about a shepherd and his flock. The shepherd is Christ and the lost sheep is each one of us. In life it is so easy to feel that we are lost! Sooner or later disappointment or confusion can end up filling our heart. Sometimes we think that outside of the fold we will find true happiness, better food, better lodgings, better living conditions, and we forget that we will only be safe in the fold. Christ, the shepherd, leaves the ninety-nine good sheep and goes in search of the lost sheep. He does it through his priests. Priests rejoice when they see their sheep returning to the fold by means of sacramental Confession. Let us go to Confession. Priests will nourish us with sanctifying grace. In the second parable, a woman loses her coin. To find it she cleans, sweeps and looks. This is what Christ does every time we are lost. Saint Augustine used to say, "You made us, Lord, for you, and our heart is restless until it rests in you." How much joy is there in Heaven over just one sinner that converts on this earth! Christ wants our conversion.