A.D. 2024 April 21

The Fourth Sunday of Easter (Good Shepherd Sunday)

Acclamations

Celebrant: Alleluia. Christ is risen.
People: The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia.

Collects

O God, whose Son Jesus is the Good Shepherd of thy people: Grant that when we hear his voice, we may know him who calleth us each by name, and follow where he doth lead; who, with thee and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

Lessons

Sunday, Holy Day and Commemoration Lectionary — Year B

Acts 4:23–37 or 4:32–37 or Ezekiel 34:1–10
Psalm 23
I John 3:1–10
John 10:11–16

Daily Office Lectionary

Morning Prayer

Evening Prayer

Prefaces

But chiefly are we bound to praise thee for the glorious Resurrection of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord: for he is the very Paschal Lamb, which was offered for us, and hath taken away the sin of the world; who by his death hath destroyed death, and by his rising to life again hath restored to us everlasting life.

Liturgical Colours

White or Gold

References

“Fourth Sunday of Easter” at Wikipedia

Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury and Teacher of the Faith, 1109

Liturgical Colours

White or Gold