april 26, 2015

Reading

The Acts of the Apostles 4: 8-12

4:8	Sedan Peter, fylld av den helige Ande, sa till dem: ”Folkets ledare och äldste, lyssna.
4:9	Om vi ​​idag döms av en god gärning som gjorts mot en svag man, genom vilken han har blivit hel,
4:10	låt det bli känt för er alla och för hela Israels folk, det i vår Herre Jesu Kristi Nasaréens namn, som du korsfäste, som Gud har uppväckt från de döda, av honom, den här mannen står framför dig, friska.
4:11	Han är stenen, som avvisades av dig, byggarna, som har blivit hörnets huvud.
4:12	Och det finns ingen frälsning i någon annan. För det finns inget annat namn under himlen givet åt människor, genom vilken det är nödvändigt för oss att bli frälsta."

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. På grund av detta, 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	Av denna anledning, 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. Istället, 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.”