A.D. 2021 April 25

The Fourth Sunday of Easter

Collects

O God, whose Son Jesus is the good shepherd of your people: Grant that when we hear his voice we may know him who calls us each by name, and follow where he leads; who, with you and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Lessons

Revised Common Lectionary — Year B

Daily Office Lectionary — Year One

Morning Prayer

Evening Prayer

1979 Lectionary — Year B

Acts 4:23–37 or 4:32–37 or Ezekiel 34:1–10
Psalm 23 or Psalm 100
I John 3:1–8 or Acts 4:23–37 or 4:32–37
John 10:11–16

Prefaces

But chiefly are we bound to praise you for the glorious resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; for he is the true Paschal Lamb, who was sacrificed for us, and has taken away the sin of the world. By his death he has destroyed death, and by his rising to life again he has won for us everlasting life.

Liturgical Colors

White or Gold

References

“Fourth Sunday of Easter” at Wikipedia

Saint Mark the Evangelist

Collects

Almighty God, by the hand of Mark the evangelist you have given to your Church the Gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God: We thank you for this witness, and pray that we may be firmly grounded in its truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Lessons

Revised Common Lectionary — Year B

Daily Office Lectionary — Year One

Morning Prayer

Evening Prayer

Prefaces

For in the multitude of your saints, you have surrounded us with a great cloud of witnesses, that we might rejoice in their fellowship, and run with endurance the race that is set before us; and, together with them, receive the crown of glory that never fades away.

Liturgical Colors

Red