Sunday, April 29, 2012
Fourth Sunday of Easter
FIRST READING
Acts 4: 8 – 12
8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them,
"Rulers of the people and elders,9 if we are being examined today
concerning a good deed done to a cripple, by what means this man has been healed,10
be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of
Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by
him this man is standing before you well.11 This is the stone which was
rejected by you builders, but which has become the head of the corner.12 And
there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven
given among men by which we must be saved."
PSALM RESPONSES
Psalms 118: 1, 8 - 9, 21 - 23, 26, 28 – 29
1 O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his steadfast
love endures for ever!
8 It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to put
confidence in man.9 It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to put
confidence in princes.
21 I thank thee that thou hast answered me and hast become
my salvation.22 The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of
the corner.23 This is the LORD's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.
26 Blessed be he who enters in the name of the LORD! We
bless you from the house of the LORD.
28 Thou art my God, and I will give thanks to thee; thou art
my God, I will extol thee.29 O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his
steadfast love endures for ever!
SECOND READING
1 John 3: 1 – 2
1 See what love the Father has given us, that we should be
called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know
us is that it did not know him.2 Beloved, we are God's children now; it does not yet appear
what we shall be, but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, for we
shall see him as he is.
GOSPEL
John 10: 11 – 18
11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his
life for the sheep.12He who is a hireling and not a shepherd, whose own the
sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the
wolf snatches them and scatters them.13 He flees because he is a hireling and
cares nothing for the sheep.14 I am the good shepherd; I know my own and my own
know me,15 as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life
for the sheep.16 And I have other sheep, that are not of this fold; I must
bring them also, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock, one
shepherd.17 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life,
that I may take it again.18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my
own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again;
this charge I have received from my Father."
Let it be assured that to do no wrong is really superhuman
and belongs to God alone
.-- St. Gregory Nazianzen
The Holy Bible
The Holy Eucharist
Mother Mary
