THE GOOD SHEPHERD; Second Sunday after Easter 18th April
THE GOOD SHEPHERD Second Sunday after Easter 18th April The Second Sunday after Easter is traditionally known as “Good Shepherd Sunday”. The Gospel of the day is John 10: 11-16: “At that time Jesus said to the Pharisees: “I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd gives His life for His sheep. But the hireling and he that is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth; and the wolf catcheth and scattereth the sheep: and the hireling fleeth because he is a hireling and he hath no care for the sheep. I am the Good Shepherd and I know mine and Mine know Me. As the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father: and I lay down My life for My sheep. And other sheep I have that are not of this fold: them also I must bring and they shall hear My voice, and there shall be one fold and one shepherd.” The Epistle is that of Peter 2: 21-25: “Christ suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow His steps, who did no sin, n...