Does god know me among the millions of His angels? Does He ever fix His thought on me as an individual? Does He have a distinct and personal affection for me like that of a mother for her child? Does Christ, the Good Shepherd, give care and thought to each particular sheep, so that He knows each one’s present conditions and circumstances? Does He know when one of His is in trouble, is sick or suffering, when one has been hurt in some way, or when one is in danger? Does He know when one strays from the safe enclosure of the fold and wanders off into peril?
The answer to all these questions is the same. Every individual has his own place in the heart of Christ.
St. Paul put this truth most strikingly in a sentence when he said of Christ: “He loved me, and gave Himself for me.”