April 13, 2008 Homily for 4th Sunday of Easter by Fr. Richard Simon

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Homily for 4th Sunday of Easter
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April 13, 2008

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4th Sunday of Easter

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1st Reading

Acts 2:

14, 36-41

14	But Peter, taking his stand with the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: "Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give heed to my words.
36	Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified."
37	Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brethren, what shall we do?"
38	And Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
39	For the promise is to you and to your children and to all that are far off, every one whom the Lord our God calls to him."
40	And he testified with many other words and exhorted them, saying, "Save yourselves from this crooked generation."
41	So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.

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Psalm

Psalm 23:

1-6

1	The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want;
2	he makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters;
3	he restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4	Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
5	Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of my enemies; thou anointest my head with oil, my cup overflows.
6	Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

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2nd Reading

1 Peter 2:

20-25

20	For what credit is it, if when you do wrong and are beaten for it you take it patiently? But if when you do right and suffer for it you take it patiently, you have God's approval.
21	For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.
22	He committed no sin; no guile was found on his lips.
23	When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten; but he trusted to him who judges justly.
24	He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
25	For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.

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Gospel

John 10:

1-10

1	"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber.
2	but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3	To him the gatekeeper opens; the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
4	When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
5	A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers."
6	This figure Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
7	So Jesus again said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
8	All who came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not heed them.
9	I am the door; if any one enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
10	The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

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In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

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	The Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890) said: No one is a martyr for a conclusion, no one is a martyr for an opinion; it is faith that makes martyrs.