Responsorial Psalm
Serve the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
Know that the Lord is God;
he created us and we are
his people, the sheep of his fold.
For the Lord is good;
his love lasts forever and his
faithfulness through all generations
2nd. READING (Rev 7, 9-14-17)
I, John, saw a great crowd, impossible to count, from every nation, race, people and
tongue, standing before the throne and the Lamb, clothed in white, with palm branches
in their hands. One of the elder said, "They are those who have come out of the great
persecution; they have washed and made their clothes white in the blood of the Lamb.
This is why they stand before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his
sanctuary. He who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them. I Never again will
they suffer hunger or thirst or be burned by the sun or any scorching wind. For the
Lamb near the throne will be their Shepherd, and he will bring them to springs of life-
giving water, and God will wipe away their tears."
Gospel
Jesus said: “My sheep hear my voice and I know them; they follow me and I give
them eternal life. They shall never perish and no one will ever steal them from me.
What the Father has given me is stronger than everything and no one can snatch it
from the Father's hand. I and the Father are one."
