Readings - Acts 13, May 11 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year C: Vocation/Good Shepherd Sunday - 11 April 2025.

14, 43-52; Responsorial Psalm 100:1-2, 3, 5; Rev. 7:9, 14B-17 & Gospel Jn. 10:27-30.

The first reading recounts how the persecuted apostles Paul and Barnabas spoke out fearlessly while making inroads among the gentiles who received the Word of God. In the second reading, St. John presents us with a glimpse of the beatific vision of a great number of Saints dressed in white, who endured the trials, tribulation and temptation and washed their robes in the blood of the lamb. The gospelreveals Jesus as a shepherd who pays attention to the voice of his sheep because he knows them and they follow him.He assures of eternal life and emp...