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| "The Good Shepherd" -- by James Tissot |
FIRST
READING: Acts
11: 1 - 18
1
And the apostles and brethren, who were in Judea, heard that the
Gentiles also had received the word of God.
2
And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the
circumcision contended with him,
3
Saying: Why didst thou go in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with
them?
4
But Peter began and declared to them the matter in order, saying:
5
I was in the city of Joppe praying, and I saw in an ecstasy of mind a
vision, a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet let
down from heaven by four corners, and it came even unto me.
6
Into which looking, I considered, and saw fourfooted creatures of the
earth, and beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air:
7
And I heard also a voice saying to me: Arise, Peter; kill and eat.
8
And I said: Not so, Lord; for nothing common or unclean hath ever
entered into my mouth.
9
And the voice answered again from heaven: What God hath made clean,
do not thou call common.
10
And this was done three times: and all were taken up again into
heaven.
11
And behold, immediately there were three men come to the house
wherein I was, sent to me from Caesarea.
12
And the Spirit said to me, that I should go with them, nothing
doubting. And these six brethren went with me also: and we entered
into the man's house.
13
And he told us how he had seen an angel in his house, standing, and
saying to him: Send to Joppe, and call hither Simon, who is surnamed
Peter,
14
Who shall speak to thee words, whereby thou shalt be saved, and all
thy house.
15
And when I had begun to speak, the Holy Ghost fell upon them, as upon
us also in the beginning.
16
And I remembered the word of the Lord, how that he said: John indeed
baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.
17
If then God gave them the same grace, as to us also who believed in
the Lord Jesus Christ; who was I, that could withstand God?
18
Having heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God,
saying: God then hath also to the Gentiles given repentance unto
life.
PSALM:
Psalms 42:
2 - 3; 43:
3 - 4
2
As the hart panteth after the fountains of water; so my soul panteth
after thee, O God.
3
My soul hath thirsted after the strong living God; when shall I come
and appear before the face of God?
3
Send forth thy light and thy truth: they have conducted me, and
brought me unto thy holy hill, and into thy tabernacles.
4
And I will go in to the altar of God: to God who giveth joy to my
youth.
GOSPEL:
John 10:
1 - 10 OR
John 10:
11 - 18
1
Amen, amen I say to you: He that entereth not by the door into the
sheepfold, but climbeth up another way, the same is a thief and a
robber.
2
But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3
To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he
calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
4
And when he hath let out his own sheep, he goeth before them: and the
sheep follow him, because they know his voice.
5
But a stranger they follow not, but fly from him, because they know
not the voice of strangers.
6
This proverb Jesus spoke to them. But they understood not what he
spoke to them.
7
Jesus therefore said to them again: Amen, amen I say to you, I am the
door of the sheep.
8
All others, as many as have come, are thieves and robbers: and the
sheep heard them not.
9
I am the door. By me, if any man enter in, he shall be saved: and he
shall go in, and go out, and shall find pastures.
10
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.
I am come that they may have life, and may have it more abundantly.
OR
11
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for his
sheep.
12
But the hireling, and he that is not the shepherd, whose own the
sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and
flieth: and the wolf catcheth, and scattereth the sheep:
13
And the hireling flieth, because he is a hireling: and he hath no
care for the sheep.
14
I am the good shepherd; and I know mine, and mine know me.
15
As the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father: and I lay down my
life for my sheep.
16
And other sheep I have, that are not of this fold: them also I must
bring, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold and
one shepherd.
17
Therefore doth the Father love me: because I lay down my life, that I
may take it again.
18
No man taketh it away from me: but I lay it down of myself, and I
have power to lay it down: and I have power to take it up again. This
commandment have I received of my Father.
