May 8, 2017

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: 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.”