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Sunday 22 April 2018    (other days)
4th Sunday of Easter 

Readings at Mass

Liturgical Colour: White.

First readingActs 4:8-12 ©
The name of Jesus Christ is the only name in which we can be saved
Filled with the Holy Spirit, Peter said: ‘Rulers of the people, and elders! If you are questioning us today about an act of kindness to a cripple, and asking us how he was healed, then I am glad to tell you all, and would indeed be glad to tell the whole people of Israel, that it was by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, the one you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by this name and by no other that this man is able to stand up perfectly healthy, here in your presence, today. This is the stone rejected by you the builders, but which has proved to be the keystone. For of all the names in the world given to men, this is the only one by which we can be saved.’
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 117(118):1,8-9,21-23,26,28-29 ©
The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.
or
Alleluia.
Give thanks to the Lord for he is good,
  for his love has no end.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord
  than to trust in men;
it is better to take refuge in the Lord
  than to trust in princes.
The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.
or
Alleluia.
I will thank you for you have answered
  and you are my saviour.
The stone which the builders rejected
  has become the corner stone.
This is the work of the Lord,
  a marvel in our eyes.
The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.
or
Alleluia.
Blessed in the name of the Lord
  is he who comes.
We bless you from the house of the Lord;
You are my God, I thank you.
  My God, I praise you.
Give thanks to the Lord for he is good;
  for his love has no end.
The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.
or
Alleluia.
Second reading1 John 3:1-2 ©
We shall be like God because we shall see him as he really is
Think of the love that the Father has lavished on us,
by letting us be called God’s children;
and that is what we are.
Because the world refused to acknowledge him,
therefore it does not acknowledge us.
My dear people, we are already the children of God
but what we are to be in the future has not yet been revealed;
all we know is, that when it is revealed
we shall be like him
because we shall see him as he really is.
Gospel AcclamationJohn 10:14
Alleluia, alleluia!
I am the good shepherd, says the Lord;
I know my sheep, and mine know me.
Alleluia!
GospelJohn 10:11-18 ©
The good shepherd is one who lays down his life for his sheep
Jesus said:
‘I am the good shepherd:
the good shepherd is one who lays down his life for his sheep.
The hired man, since he is not the shepherd
and the sheep do not belong to him,
abandons the sheep and runs away
as soon as he sees a wolf coming,
and then the wolf attacks and scatters the sheep;
this is because he is only a hired man
and has no concern for the sheep.
‘I am the good shepherd;
I know my own
and my own know me,
just as the Father knows me
and I know the Father;
and I lay down my life for my sheep.
And there are other sheep I have
that are not of this fold,
and these I have to lead as well.
They too will listen to my voice,
and there will be only one flock,
and one shepherd.
‘The Father loves me,
because I lay down my life
in order to take it up again.
No one takes it from me;
I lay it down of my own free will,
and as it is in my power to lay it down,
so it is in my power to take it up again;
and this is the command I have been given by my Father.’
GospelJohn 10:11-18
Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλός.
ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλὸς τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ τίθησιν ὑπὲρ τῶν προβάτων·
ὁ μισθωτὸς καὶ οὐκ ὢν ποιμήν,
οὗ οὐκ ἔστιν τὰ πρόβατα ἴδια,
θεωρεῖ τὸν λύκον ἐρχόμενον
καὶ ἀφίησιν τὰ πρόβατα καὶ φεύγει-
καὶ ὁ λύκος ἁρπάζει αὐτὰ καὶ σκορπίζει-
ὅτι μισθωτός ἐστιν
καὶ οὐ μέλει αὐτῷ περὶ τῶν προβάτων.
Ἐγὼ εἰμι ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλὸς
καὶ γινώσκω τὰ ἐμὰ
καὶ γινώσκουσιν με τὰ ἐμά,
καθὼς γινώσκει με ὁ πατὴρ
καγὼ γινώσκω τὸν πατέρα,
καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν μου τίθημι ὑπὲρ τῶν προβάτων.
καὶ ἀλλὰ πρόβατα ἔχω
ἃ οὐκ ἐστιν ἐκ τῆς αὐλῆς ταύτης·
κακεῖνα δεῖ με ἀγαγεῖν
καὶ τῆς φωνῆς μου ἀκούσουσιν,
καὶ γενήσονται μία ποίμνη,
εἷς ποιμήν.
Διὰ τοῦτο με ὁ πατὴρ ἀγαπᾷ
ὅτι ἐγὼ τίθημι τὴν ψυχήν μου,
ἵνα πάλιν λάβω αὐτήν.
οὐδεὶς ἤρεν αὐτὴν ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ,
ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ τίθημι αὐτὴν ἀπ’ ἐμαυτοῦ.
ἐξουσίαν ἔχω θεῖναι αὐτήν,
καὶ ἐξουσίαν ἔχω πάλιν λαβεῖν αὐτήν·
ταύτην τὴν ἐντολὴν ἔλαβον παρὰ τοῦ πατρός μου.

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