Responsorial Psalm
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside the still waters,
he restores my soul.
He guides me through the right paths
for his name's sake.
You spread a table before me
in the presence of my foes.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup is overflowing.
Goodness and kindness will follow me
all the days of my life,
I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
as long as I live.
2nd. READING (1 Pe 2, 20-25)
What merit would there be in taking a beating when you have done wrong? But if you
endure punishment when you have done well, that is a grace before God. This is your
calling: remember Christ who suffered for you, leaving you an example so that you
may follow in his way. He did no wrong and there was no deceit in his mouth. He did
not return insult for insult and, when suffering, he did not curse but put himself in the
hands of God who judges justly. He went to the cross burdened with our sins so that
we might die to sin and live an upright life. For by his wounds you have been healed.
You were like stray sheep, but you have come back to the Shepherd and Guardian of
your souls.
GOSPEL ( Jn 10,1-10 )
Jesus said to the Jews: I say to you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the
gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber. But the shepherd of the
sheep enters by the gate. The keeper opens the gate to him and the sheep hear his
voice; he calls each of his sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out
all his own, he goes before them and the sheep follow him for they know his voice. A
stranger they will not follow, rather they will run away from him because they don't
recognize a stranger's voice." Jesus used this comparison, but they did not understand
what he was saying to them. So Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, I am the gate of the
sheep. All who came were thieves and robbers, and the sheep did not hear them. I am
the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved; he will go in and out freely and
find food. The thief comes to steal and kill and destroy, but I have come that they may
have life, life in all its fullness.