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SUMMARY:Skema
DESCRIPTION:Biblical Readings for Office and Mass\n4th Week of Easter\n\n\nMass Readings: Sunday (A)\, Weekdays (II)\nApril 26 – May 2\, 2026\n\n\n\nSun\n26\nMon\n27\nTue\n28\nWed\n29\nThu\n30\nFri\n1\nSat\n2\n\n\nOffice\n4th Sunday of Easter\nSt Rafael Arnaiz Baron\nEaster Weekday\nSt Catherine of Siena\nEaster Weekday\nSt Joseph the Worker\nSt Athanasius\n\n\nVigils\nActs 12:1-23\nActs 12:24-13:14a\nActs 13:14b-43\nActs13:44-14:7\nActs 14:8-15:4\nActs 15:5-35\nActs 15:36-16:15\n\n\nLauds\nRev 19:19-21\nRev 20:11-15\nRev 21:5-8\nRev 21:15-21\nRev 22:1-5\nRev 22:14-21\nEph 1:11-14\n\n\nMass\n49\n279\n280\n281\n282\n283\, 559\n284\n\n\n1st\nActs 2:14a\, 36-41\nActs 11:1-18\nActs 11:19-26\nActs 12:24-13:5a\nActs 13:13-25\nActs 13:26-33\nActs 13:44-52\n\n\n2nd\n1 Pet 2:20b-25\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGospel\nJohn 10:1-10\nJn 10:11-18\nJohn 10:22-30\nJohn 12:44-50\nJohn 13:16-20\nMatt 13:54-58\nJohn 14:7-14\n\n\nVespers\nRev 20:4-6\nRev 21:1-4\nRev 21:9-14\nRev 21:22-27\nRev 22:6-13\nEph 1:1-10\nEph 1:15-23
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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - 4th Sunday of Easter
DESCRIPTION:From a commentary by \nST THOMAS AQUINAS \n◊◊◊ \nJesus says: I am the good shepherd. The title of shepherd is obviously \nfitting for Christ because just as a flock is tended and fed by a shepherd\, so the \nfaithful are nourished by Christ with spiritual food and even with his body and \nblood. But to make a distinction between himself and a bad shepherd or thief\, he \nadds the word “good” — good\, because he carries out the duty of a shepherd\, just \nas a good soldier is one who fulfills the duty of a soldier. \nBut immediately before this Christ said that the shepherd entered by the \ngate and that he himself was the gate; now that he calls himself the shepherd\, it \nfollows that he must enter through himself. And indeed he does enter through \nhimself\, because he manifests himself and through himself has knowledge of \nthe Father. We\, on the other hand\, enter through him because it is through him \nthat we attain beatitude. \nNote that no one else but himself is the gate because no one else is the true \nlight except by participation\, as it says of John the Baptist: He was not the light \nbut was to bear witness to the light. Whereas of Christ it says: He was the true \nlight which enlightens every human being. In the same way no one calls himself \nthe gate: Christ reserves this for himself alone. To be a shepherd he granted to \nothers\, bestowing this on his members; for Peter was a shepherd\, and the other \napostles were too\, as well as all good bishops. I will give you shepherds after my \nown heart\, says Jeremiah. \nAlthough prelates of the Church who are sons are all shepherds\, he \nexpressly says that no one can be a good pastor unless he is united to Christ by \ncharity and becomes a member of the true shepherd. \nCharity is the duty of a good shepherd\, and so it says the good shepherd \nlays down his life for his sheep. For this is the distinguishing mark between a \ngood shepherd and a bad one: a good shepherd has the good of his flock at heart; \na bad one is out for his own advantage. Ezekiel refers to this distinction when he \nsays: Woe to those shepherds that feed themselves. Is it not flocks that are fed \nby shepherds? So whoever uses a flock to feed himself alone is not a good \nshepherd. \nA good shepherd\, even in a material sense\, endures much for the flock he \nis bent on tending; as Jacob said in Genesis\, Night and day I was consumed by \nfrost and heat. But because the welfare of a spiritual flock is more important \nthan the physical life of a pastor\, when danger threatens the salvation of his \nflock\, every spiritual pastor should be prepared to lay down his life for the good \nof his flock. And so our Lord says\, The good shepherd lays down his life — that \nis his physical life — for his sheep. He does so because he is responsible for them \nand loves them. Christ set us the example for teaching this: If Christ laid down \nhis life for us\, we should lay down our lives for the brethren.
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