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 from 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: Responsorial Psalm / 4th Sunday of Easter / Year B / CBW#98/ Psalm 118

The Gospel reading for the procession with the palms (Mark 11:1-10) 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."

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The Pilot: Echoes: Scott Hahn: The shepherd's voice (19 APR 24)