Acts 11:19-26 / John 10:22-30
The 1st reading tells us how the word "Christians" came about.
It was in Antioch that the disciples were first called "Christians".
But what it meant then may not be what it means to us now.
The word “Christian” comes from the Greek word christianos, meaning
“little Christ”. It was used by the opponents of Jesus’s disciples as
an insult…? So, what was meant to be a jeer and to insult the disciples of Christ.
What the word means now may also have many shades of meaning.
It could mentioned in order to ridicule (those Christians ... ). Or it may be a form of identification to the follows of a religion. Or it could be used to refer to a way of life that is edifying.
Whatever it may mean to others depend on how we live up tot that name.
When we see ourselves as the sheep that belong to Jesus and that we listen to His voice, then we will be little and humble like the sheep that belongs to Jesus.
May others who know that we are Christians be edified by the way we live our lives and want to come to know the Shepherd we are following.