Fourth Sunday of Easter (B)

Official Translation

Reading 1 – Acts 4.8-12

Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them:
“You rulers of the people, and elders,
if we are examined today
concerning a good deed done to a crippled human,
by which he has been healed,
be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel,
that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead,
in him does this one stand here before you whole.

He is ‘the stone which was rejected by you, the builders,
which has become the cornerstone.’
There is salvation in none other,
for there is not any other name
under heaven, among humans given,
by which we must be saved!”

Responsorial – Psalm 118.1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 21, 29 Resp. 22

R. The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. or R. Alleluia!

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord,
than to put confidence in man.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord,
than to put confidence in princes.

R. The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. or R. Alleluia!

I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me,
and have become my salvation.
The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
This is the Lord’s doing.
It is marvelous in our eyes.

R. The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. or R. Alleluia!

Blessed is he who comes in the Lord’s name!
We have blessed you out of the Lord’s house.
I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me,
and have become my salvation.
O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.

R. The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. or R. Alleluia!

Reading 2 – 1 John 3.1-2

Beloved:
Do you see what kind of love the Father has given to us,
that we should be called the children of God?
And so we are.

For this reason the world does not know us:
because it did not know him.
Beloved, we are now the children of God;
and what we shall be has not yet appeared.
We know that, when it does appear,
we shall be like to him:
because we shall see him just as he is.

And everyone who has this hope in him,
purifies themself, just as he is pure.

Gospel – John 10.11-18

Jesus said:
I am the good shepherd.
The good shepherd lays down
his life for the sheep.
He who is a hired hand,
and not a shepherd,
who does not own the sheep,
sees the wolf coming,
leaves the sheep and flees.
The wolf snatches the sheep
and scatters them.
This is because he is hired for pay
and does not care about the sheep.

I am the good shepherd.
I know my own,
and mine know me,
even as the Father knows me,
and I know the Father.
I lay down my life for the sheep.

I have other sheep,
which are not of this fold.
I must bring them also,
and they will hear my voice.
They will become one flock
with one shepherd.

For this reason the Father loves me,
because I lay down my life,
that I may take it again.
No one takes it away from me,
but I lay it down by myself.
I have power to lay it down,
and I have power to take it again.
I received this commandment from my Father.”