Catholic Missal of the day: Sunday, April 22 2018
Fourth Sunday of Easter
Fourth Sunday of Easter
1. ReadingActs of the Apostles
4,8-12.]Peter, filled with the holy Spirit, answered them, "Leaders of the people and elders:
]If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a cripple, namely, by what means he was saved,
]then all of you and all the people of Israel should know that it was in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarean whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead; in his name this man stands before you healed.
]He is 'the stone rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.'
]There is no salvation through anyone else, nor is there any other name under heaven given to the human race by which we are to be saved."
Psalms
118(117),1.8-9.21-23.26.28cd.29.]Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
for his mercy endures forever.
]It is better to take refuge in the LORD
Than to trust in man.
]It is better to take refuge in the LORD
Than to trust in princes.
]I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me
and have been my savior.
]The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
]By the LORD has this been done;
it is wonderful in our eyes.
]Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD;
we bless you from the house of the LORD.
]I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me
]and have been my savior.
]Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
for his kindness endures forever.
First Letter of John
3,1-2.]Beloved: See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
]Beloved, we are God's children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John
10,11-18.]Jesus said: "I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
]A hired man, who is not a shepherd and whose sheep are not his own, sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf catches and scatters them.
]This is because he works for pay and has no concern for the sheep.
]I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me,
]just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the sheep.
]I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. These also I must lead, and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd.
]This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again.
]No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have power to lay it down, and power to take it up again. This command I have received from my Father."
St. Soter(Pope and martyr († 175))
SAINT SOTER Pope & Martyr ( 175) St. Soter was consecrated pope in the year 166 after St. Anicetus' passing. He led the Church under a storm of persecution, but acted with the humility and tenderness of a loving father. Despite the Church's dire straits, he assisted the poorest with alms. According to the custom of his predecessors, Pope Soter extended his charities to remote churches. In thanksgiving, St. Dionysius of Corinth writes that Pope Soter's letter was read during Sunday assemblies alongside Pope St. Clement I's letter. Pope Soter opposed Montanus' heresy, which makes him one of the Church's first apologists. He governed the Church until being martyred in 175. He is included in the list of the Church's first 31 popes, all of whom are martyrs.
St. Leonides(Martyr († 202))
SAINT LEONIDES Martyr ( 202) In the year 202, the tenth of Emperor Severus' reign, a persecution erupted. The empire was filled with martyrs, especially in Egypt. One renowned martyr, whose triumph edified Alexandrians, was Leonides. He was a Christian philosopher with 7 sons. His eldest son, Origen, took after him with a love for learning and piety. While the persecution raged in Alexandria under Lætus, the Egyptian governor, Leonides was imprisoned. Origen was 17 years old; he was cautioned by his mother to exercise temperance. He thus chose to support his family and wrote encouraging letters to his father. Leonides was beheaded in 202. Although his estates and goods were confiscated, the Lord worked great signs through his family and children. Origen's works inspired Christian science and formed Christian thought and doctrine for centuries.
St. Teodore of Sykeon()
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