Fourth Sunday of Easter

Today the Church celebrates the Fourth Sunday of Easter. The assigned readings are Acts 4:8-12, 1 John 3:1-2, and John 10:11-18. The Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 118 (Psalm 118:1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 28-29).

For one version of the Responsorial Psalm set to music, please visit:

YouTube: Psalm 118 The stone which builders rejected has become the cornerstone

The Gospel reading is as follows:

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."

Reflections on these readings:

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Sundays Salesian: Fourth Sunday of Easter (April 29, 2012)

Msgr. Charles Pope: The King of Love My Shepherd Is: A Meditation on the Gospel for Good Shepherd Sunday (28 APR 12)

The Deacon's Bench: Building God’s kingdom: a homily for the 4th Sunday of Easter (28 APR 12)

Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D.: The Way, The Truth, and The Life - Jesus Only

The Sacred Page: The Scandalous Jesus: The Readings for the Fourth Sunday of Easter (27 APR 12)

Dr. Scott Hahn: The Shepherd’s Voice (April 29th 2012 - Fourth Sunday of Easter)

New Theological Movement: Love the shepherd, beware of the wolf, tolerate the hireling (26 APR 12)

Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem: 4th Sunday of Easter – Year B (27 APR 12)

The Word Encountered: Other Sheep (Fourth Sunday of Easter B)

Dominican Daily: Word to Life: Sirius XM: Fourth Sunday of Easter (B)