First reading
Acts 2:14, 36–41
‘God has made him both Lord and Christ.’
Responsorial psalm
Psalm 22(23)
R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
Second reading
1 Peter 2:20–25
You have come back to the shepherd of your souls.
Gospel acclamation
John 10:14
I am the good shepherd, says the Lord; I know my sheep, and mine know me.
Gospel
John 10:1–10
I am the gate of the sheepfold.
Images from the Word
- Sheepfold
- Shepherd of the flock
- Gate
- Lord and Christ
- An example
Liturgical notes
In accordance with the ancient tradition of the Church, the Collect prayer is usually addressed to God the Father, through Christ, in the Holy Spirit, and is concluded with a trinitarian ending … The people, uniting themselves to this entreaty, make the prayer their own with the acclamation: Amen.
—General Instruction of the Roman Missal, §54
In the new translation, there is included the expression ‘we pray’ to remind us that all prayer is not made only by the presider but by us, ‘we’, the Church, and we make this prayer our own by the affirmation ‘Amen’. We also acknowledge the intercessory role of Christ, made possible by the Holy Spirit, so that the Father will receive our prayer.
‘Look upon your flock, kind Shepherd, and be pleased to settle in eternal pastures the sheep you have redeemed by the Precious Blood of your Son.’
—prayer after Communion