Acts 11:19-26; John 10

Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Readings and Antiphons on p 505 of the Daily Missal

Entrance Antiphon

Let us rejoice and be glad and give glory to God, for the Lord our God the Almighty reigns, alleluia.

First Reading: Acts 11:19-26

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles

In those days:
Those who were scattered
because of the persecution that arose over Stephen
travelled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch,
speaking the word to none except Jews.
But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene,
who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Greeks also,
preaching the Lord Jesus.
And the hand of the Lord was with them,
and a great number that believed turned to the Lord.
News of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem,
and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad;
and he exhorted them all
to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose;
for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith.
And a large company was added to the Lord.
So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul;
and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch.
For a whole year they met with the church
and taught a large company of people;
and in Antioch
the disciples were for the first time called Christians.

The Word of the Lord

 

 

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 87:1-3.4-5.6-7 (Psalm 117:1a)

Let us pray the Responsorial Psalm:

R/. O praise the Lord, all you nations.

Founded by him on the holy mountain,
the Lord loves the gates of Sion,
more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Of you are told glorious things,
you, O city of God!

“Rahab and Babylon I will count
among those who know me;
of Tyre, Philistia, Ethiopia, it is told,
‘There was this one born.’
But of Sion it shall be said,
‘Each one was born in her.’”
He, the Most High, established it.

In his register of peoples the Lord writes,
“Here was this one born.”
The singers cry out in chorus,
“In you, all find their home.”

R/. O praise the Lord, all you nations.

 

 

Please stand for the Gospel

Alleluia.
My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord;
and I know them, and they follow me.
Alleluia.

 

 

Gospel: John 10:22-30

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John

It was the feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem;
it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple,
in the portico of Solomon.
So the Jews gathered round him and said to him,
“How long will you keep us in suspense?
If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe.
The works that I do in my Father’s name,
they bear witness to me;
but you do not believe,
because you do not belong to my sheep.
My sheep hear my voice,
and I know them, and they follow me;
and I give them eternal life,
and they shall never perish,
and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.
My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all,
and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
I and the Father are one.”

The Gospel of the Lord

 

Communion antiphon
The Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead, and soenter into his glory, alleluia