Daily Readings

Acts 11: 19- 26

11:19	And some of them, having been dispersed by the persecution that had occurred under Stephen, traveled around, even to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the Word to no one, except to Jews only.
11:20	But some of these men from Cyprus and Cyrene, when they had entered into Antioch, were speaking also to the Greeks, announcing the Lord Jesus.
11:21	And the hand of the Lord was with them. And a great number believed and were converted to the Lord.
11:22	Now the news came to the ears of the Church at Jerusalem about these things, and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch.
11:23	And when he had arrived there and had seen the grace of God, he was gladdened. And he exhorted them all to continue in the Lord with a resolute heart.
11:24	For he was a good man, and he was filled with the Holy Spirit and with faith. And a great multitude was added to the Lord.
11:25	Then Barnabas set out for Tarsus, so that he might seek Saul. And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch.
11:26	And they were conversing there in the Church for an entire year. And they taught such a great multitude, that it was at Antioch that the disciples were first known by the name of Christian.

John 10: 22- 30

10:22	Now it was the Feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem, and it was winter.
10:23	And Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon.
10:24	And so the Jews surrounded him and said to him: “How long will you hold our souls in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
10:25	Jesus answered them: “I speak to you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in the name of my Father, these offer testimony about me.
10:26	But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep.
10:27	My sheep hear my voice. And I know them, and they follow me.
10:28	And I give them eternal life, and they shall not perish, for eternity. And no one shall seize them from my hand.
10:29	What my Father gave to me is greater than all, and no one is able to seize from the hand of my Father.
10:30	I and the Father are one.”

Acts 11: 1- 8

11:1	Now the Apostles and brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the Word of God.
11:2	Then, when Peter had gone up to Jerusalem, those who were of the circumcision argued against him,
11:3	saying, “Why did you enter to uncircumcised men, and why did you eat with them?”
11:4	And Peter began to explain to them, in an orderly manner, saying:
11:5	“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and I saw, in an ecstasy of mind, a vision: a certain container descending, like a great linen sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners. And it drew near to me.
11:6	And looking into it, I considered and saw the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the reptiles, and the flying things of the air.
11:7	Then I also heard a voice saying to me: ‘Rise up, Peter. Kill and eat.’
11:8	But I said: ‘Never, lord! For what is common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.’

John 10: 1- 10

10:1	“Amen, amen, I say to you, he who does not enter through the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up by another way, he is a thief and a robber.
10:2	But he who enters through the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
10:3	To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name, and he leads them out.
10:4	And when he has sent out his sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.
10:5	But they do not follow a stranger; instead they flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.”
10:6	Jesus spoke this proverb to them. But they did not understand what he was saying to them.
10:7	Therefore, Jesus spoke to them again: “Amen, amen, I say to you, that I am the door of the sheep.
10:8	All others, as many as have come, are thieves and robbers, and the sheep did not listen to them.
10:9	I am the door. If anyone has entered through me, he will be saved. And he shall go in and go out, and he shall find pastures.
10:10	The thief does not come, except so that he may steal and slaughter and destroy. I have come so that they may have life, and have it more abundantly.

Reading

The Acts of the Apostles    4: 8-12

4:8	Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Leaders of the people and elders, listen.
4:9	If we today are judged by a good deed done to an infirm man, by which he has been made whole,
4:10	let it be known to all of you and to all of the people of Israel, that in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God has raised from the dead, by him, this man stands before you, healthy.
4:11	He is the stone, which was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.
4:12	And there is no salvation in any other. For there is no other name under heaven given to men, by which it is necessary for us to be saved.”

Second Reading

The First Letter of Saint John     3: 1-2

3:1	See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we would be called, and would become, the sons of God. Because of this, the world does not know us, for it did not know him.
3:2	Most beloved, we are now the sons of God. But what we shall be then has not yet appeared. We know that when he does appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

Gospel

The Holy Gospel According to John    10: 11-18

10:11	I am the good Shepherd. The good Shepherd gives his life for his sheep.
10:12	But the hired hand, and whoever is not a shepherd, to whom the sheep do not belong, he sees the wolf approaching, and he departs from the sheep and flees. And the wolf ravages and scatters the sheep.
10:13	And the hired hand flees, because he is a hired hand and there is no concern for the sheep within him.
10:14	I am the good Shepherd, and I know my own, and my own know me,
10:15	just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for my sheep.
10:16	And I have other sheep that are not of this fold, and I must lead them. They shall hear my voice, and there shall be one sheepfold and one shepherd.
10:17	For this reason, the Father loves me: because I lay down my life, so that I may take it up again.
10:18	No one takes it away from me. Instead, I lay it down of my own accord. And I have the power to lay it down. And I have the power to take it up again. This is the commandment that I have received from my Father.”