SUNDAY MASS
4th Sunday of Easter.
20 April 5:00pm,
21 April 8:30am, 10:00am & 5:00pm.
Join us on this 4th Sunday of Easter where Jesus says that he is the good shepherd who knows his sheep.
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Fr Stan writres…
Today, the fourth Sunday of Easter is also known as Good Shepherd Sunday. The concern of a good shepherd for his sheep is part of the shepherd’s job. Jesus says, however, that the actions of the good shepherd are based upon the relationship that develops between the shepherd and the sheep. This is at the heart of the difference between the good shepherd and the hired shepherd. The good shepherd knows the sheep and therefore acts out of love. For the Good Shepherd, this is never simply part of a job; this love-in-action is integral to his identity. On this Sunday we particularly pray for vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life. We also give thanks to God for all those priests and religious that have ministered to us during our lives and pray that others will follow them and answer the call to work in the vineyard of the Lord.
MASS READINGS
Acts of the Apostles 4:8-12
A reading from the Acts of the Apostles
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.’
To indicate the end of the reading, the reader acclaims:
The word of the Lord
Ps 117:1. 8-9. 21-23. 26. 28-29. R. v.22
(R.) The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.
1. 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. (R.)
2. I will thank you for you have given answer
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. (R.)
3. Blessed in the name of the Lord
is he who comes.
We bless you from the house of the Lord;
I will thank you for you have given answer
and you are my saviour.
Give thanks to the Lord for he is good;
for his love has no end. (R.)
1 John 3:1-2
A reading from the first letter of St John
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.
To indicate the end of the reading, the reader acclaims:
The word of the Lord
John 10:14
Alleluia, alleluia!
I am the good shepherd, says the Lord;
I know my sheep, and mine know me.
Alleluia!
John 10:11-18
A reading from the holy Gospel according to John
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.’
At the end of the Gospel, the Deacon, or the Priest, acclaims:
The Gospel of the Lord.
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First Friday
Devotions, Stations of the Cross & Holy Mass
5th April at 7:00pm.
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Also, the opportunity for Reconciliation.
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