COLLECT
Almighty ever-living God,
lead us to a share in the joys of
heaven,
so that the humble flock may reach
where the brave Shepherd has
gone before.
Who lives and reigns with you in the
unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.

Priest: In the name of the Father and
of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit.
People: Amen.

Grace to you and peace from God our
Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
And with your spirit.
PENITENTIAL ACT
Brethren (Brothers and sisters),
let us acknowledge our sins,
and so prepare ourselves to
celebrate the sacred mysteries.

SIT

Hail Redeemer, King divine!
Priest and lamb, the throne is thine,
King whose reign shall never cease,
Prince of everlasting peace.

Angels, saints and nations sing:
Praised be Jesus Christ, our King:
Lord of life, earth, sky and sea,
King of love on Calvary.

Shepherd-King, o’er mountains steep,
Homeward bring the wandering sheep,
Shelter in one royal fold
States and kingdoms, new and old.

Angels, saints and nations sing:
Praised be Jesus Christ, our King:
Lord of life, earth, sky and sea,
King of love on Calvary.

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Cf. Ps 32: 5-6
The merciful love of the Lord fills
the earth;
by the word of the Lord the
heavens were made, alleluia.

Fourth Sunday of Easter

11th May 2025

The absolution by the priest follows:
May almighty God have mercy on us,
forgive us our sins,
and bring us to everlasting life. Amen.

Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace to people of
good will.
We praise you,
we bless you,
we adore you,
we glorify you,
we give you thanks for your great
glory,
Lord God, heavenly King,
O God, almighty Father.
Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten
Son,
Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the
Father,
you take away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us;
you take away the sins of the world,
receive our prayer;
you are seated at the right hand of
the Father,
have mercy on us.
For you alone are the Holy One,
you alone are the Lord,
you alone are the Most High,
Jesus Christ,
with the Holy Spirit,
in the glory of God the Father.
Amen.

GLORIA

Lord Jesus, you have shown us the
way to the Father: Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

Lord Jesus, you have given us the
consolation of the truth:
Christ, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.

Lord Jesus, you are the Good
Shepherd, leading us into everlasting
life: Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

The Liturgy of the Word

Entrance Hymn FIRST READING 13:14.43-52
A reading from the Acts of the
Apostles
Paul and Barnabas carried on from
Perga till they reached Antioch in
Pisidia. Here they went to synagogue
on the sabbath and took their seats.

When the meeting broke up, many
Jews and devout converts joined Paul
and Barnabas, and in their talks with
them Paul and Barnabas urged them
to remain faithful to the grace God had
given them.

The next sabbath almost the whole
town assembled to hear the word of
God. When they saw the crowds, the
Jews, prompted by jealousy, used
blasphemies and contradicted
everything Paul said. Then Paul and
Barnabas spoke out boldly. “We had
to proclaim the word of God to you
first, but since you have rejected it,
since you do not think yourselves
worthy of eternal life, we must turn to
the pagans. For this is what the Lord
commanded us to do when he said:
“I have made you a l ight for the
nations, so that my salvation may
reach the ends of the earth.”

It made the pagans very happy to
hear this and they thanked the Lord
for his message; all who were
destined for eternal l i fe became
believers. Thus the word of the Lord
spread through the whole countryside.

But the Jews worked upon some of
the devout women of the upper
classes and the leading men of the
city and persuaded them to turn
against Paul and Barnabas and expel
them from their territory. So they
shook the dust from their feet in
defiance and went off to Iconium; but
the disciples were filled with joy and
the Holy Spirit.
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS
Grant, we pray, O Lord,
that we may always find delight in
these paschal mysteries,
so that the renewal constantly at work
within us may be the cause of our
unending joy.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.

PROFESSION OF FAITH

I believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.
I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the Only Begotten Son of God,
born of the Father before all ages.
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made, consubstantial
with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation
he came down from heaven,
(All bow during the next three lines)
and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate
of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under
Pontius Pilate,
he suffered death and was buried,
and rose again on the third day
in accordance with the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven and is
seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead
and his kingdom will have no end.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord,
the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and
the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is
adored and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
I believe in one, holy, catholic and
apostolic Church.
I confess one Baptism for the
forgiveness of sins and I look forward
to the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come.
Amen.

Facing the people the priest says:

Pray, brethren (brothers and sisters),
that my sacrifice and yours
may be acceptable to God,
the almighty Father.

May the Lord accept the sacrifice at
your hands
for the praise and glory of his
name,
for our good, and the good of all
his holy Church.

SIT

PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL

Raising the host, the priest says:
Blessed are you, Lord, God of all
creation, for through your goodness
we have received the bread we offer
you: fruit of the earth and work of
human hands,
it will become for us the bread of life.
Blessed be God for ever.
The priest pours wine and a little water
into the chalice, saying quietly:
By the mystery of this water and wine
may we come to share in the divinity
of Christ,
who humbled himself to share in our
humanity.
Raising the chalice, the priest says:
Blessed are you, Lord, God of all
creation, for through your goodness
we have received the wine we offer
you: fruit of the vine and work of
human hands,
it will become our spiritual drink.
Blessed be God for ever.
Bowing the priest says quietly:
With humble spirit and contrite heart
may we be accepted by you, O Lord,
and may our sacrifice in your sight this
day be pleasing to you, O Lord.
Then the priest washes his hands, saying
quietly:
Wash me, O Lord, from my iniquity;
and cleanse me from my sin.

Liturgy of the Eucharist

SECOND READING 7:9.14-17

A reading from the book of the
Apocalypse
I, John, saw a huge number,
impossible to count, of people from
every nation, race, tribe and language;
they were standing in front of the
throne and in front of the Lamb,
dressed in white robes and holding
palms in their hands. One of the
elders said to me, “These are the
people who have been through the
great persecution, and because they
have washed their robes white again
in the blood of the Lamb, they now
stand in front of God’s throne and
serve him day and night in his
sanctuary; and the One who sits on
the throne will spread his tent over
them. They will never hunger or thirst
again; neither the sun nor scorching
wind will ever plague them, because
the Lamb who is at the throne will be
their shepherd and will lead them to
springs of living water; and God will
wipe away all tears from their eyes.”
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Ps 99:1-3.5.R.v.3

R. We are his people, the sheep of his
flock.
Or Alleluia.
1. Cry out with joy to the Lord, all the
earth.
Serve the Lord with gladness.
Come before him, singing for joy. R.

2. Know that he, the Lord, is God.
He made us, we belong to him,
we are his people, the sheep
of his flock. R.

3. Indeed, how good is the Lord,
eternal his merciful love.
He is faithful from age to age. R.

ACCLAMATION Jn 10:14
Alleluia, alleluia!

I am the good shepherd,
says the Lord;

I know my own sheep
and my own know me.

Alleluia

GOSPEL 10:27-30
The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit.
A reading from the holy
Gospel according to John.
Glory to you, O Lord.

Jesus said: “The sheep that belong to
me listen to my voice;
I know them and they follow me.
I give them eternal life;
they will never be lost and no one will
ever steal them from me.
The Father who gave them to me is
greater than anyone,
and no one can steal from the Father.
The Father and I are one.”

The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER III
PREFACE: III of Easter
The Lord be with you.
And with your Spirit.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them up to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right and just.

It is truly right and just, our duty and
our salvation,
at all times to acclaim you, O Lord,
but in this time above all to laud you
yet more gloriously, when Christ our
Passover has been sacrificed.
He never ceases to offer himself for us
but defends us and ever pleads our
cause before you:
he is the sacrificial Victim who dies no
more, the Lamb, once slain, who lives
for ever.
Therefore, overcome with paschal joy,
every land, every people exults in your
praise and even the heavenly Powers,
with the angelic hosts,
sing together the unending hymn of
your glory, as they acclaim:

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts.
Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name
of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest. At the Saviour’s command

and formed by divine teaching,
we dare to say:
Our Father, who art in heaven . . .
Deliver us, Lord, we pray,
from every evil,
graciously grant peace in our days,
that, by the help of your mercy,
we may be always free from sin
and safe from all distress,
as we await the blessed hope
and the coming of our Saviour, Jesus
Christ.
For the kingdom, the power and the
glory are yours, now and for ever.

You are indeed Holy, O Lord, and all
you have created rightly gives you
praise, for through your Son our Lord
Jesus Christ,
by the power and working of the Holy
Spirit,
you give life to all things and make
them holy, and you never cease to
gather a people to yourself, so that
from the rising of the sun to its setting
a pure sacrifice may be offered
to your name.
Therefore, O Lord, we humbly implore
you:
by the same Spirit graciously make holy
these gifts we have brought to you for
consecration, that they may become
the Body and @ Blood
of your Son our Lord Jesus Christ,
at whose command we celebrate
these mysteries.
For on the night he was betrayed
he himself took bread,
and, giving you thanks, he said the
blessing,
broke the bread and gave it to his
disciples, saying:

TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND EAT
OF IT,
FOR THIS IS MY BODY,
WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU.

In a similar way, when supper was
ended, he took the chalice,
and, giving you thanks, he said the
blessing,
and gave the chalice to his disciples,
saying:

TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND
DRINK FROM IT,
FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY
BLOOD,
THE BLOOD OF THE NEW AND
ETERNAL COVENANT,
WHICH WILL BE POURED OUT FOR
YOU AND FOR MANY
FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS.

DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.

Then the Priest, with hands extended, says:
Therefore, O Lord, as we celebrate
the memorial of the saving Passion of
your Son,
his wondrous Resurrection and
Ascension into heaven, and as we
look forward to his second coming, we
offer you in thanksgiving this holy and
living sacrifice.
Look, we pray, upon the oblation of
your Church and, recognising the
sacrificial Victim by whose death
you willed to reconcile us to yourself,
grant that we, who are nourished by
the Body and Blood of your Son and
filled with his Holy Spirit, may become
one body, one spirit in Christ.
May he make of us
an eternal offering to you,
so that we may obtain an inheritance
with your elect,
especially with the most Blessed
Virgin Mary, Mother of God,
with blessed Joseph, her Spouse, with
the blessed Apostles and glorious
Martyrs (with Saint N., the Saint of the
day or Patron Saint) and with all the
Saints, on whose constant
intercession in your presence we rely
for unfailing help.
May this Sacrifice of our reconciliation,
we pray, O Lord, advance the peace
and salvation of all the world. Be
pleased to confirm in faith and charity
your pilgrim Church on earth,

The mystery of faith:
Save us, Saviour of the world,
for by your Cross and Resurrection
you have set us free.

with your servant Francis, our Pope,
and N. our Bishop, his assistant
Bishop(s) the Order of Bishops, all the
clergy, and the entire people you have
gained for your own.
Listen graciously to the prayers of this
family,
whom you have summoned before you:
in your compassion, O merciful
Father, gather to yourself all your
children scattered throughout the world.
To our departed brothers and sisters
and to all who were pleasing to you
at their passing from this life,
give kind admittance to your kingdom.
There we hope to enjoy for ever the
fullness of your glory
The Priest joins his hands.
through Christ our Lord,
through whom you bestow on the
world all that is good. †

The Priest takes the chalice and the paten
with the host and, elevating both, he says:
Through him, and with him, and in him,
O God, almighty Father,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all glory and honour is yours,
for ever and ever.
Amen.

Lord Jesus Christ,
who said to your Apostles:
Peace I leave you, my peace I give
you, look not on our sins,
but on the faith of your Church,
and graciously grant her peace and
unity in accordance with your will.
Who live and reign for ever and ever.
Amen.

The peace of the Lord be with you
always.
And with your Spirit.

Communion Rite

COMMUNION ANTIPHON
The Good Shepherd has risen,
who laid down his life for his sheep
and willingly died for his flock,
alleluia.

The priest may add these or similar words.
Let us offer each other the sign of peace.

The priest places a small piece of the host in
the chalice saying quietly:
May this mingling of the body and
blood of our Lord Jesus Christ
bring eternal life to us who receive it.

Meanwhile the people sing or say:
Lamb of God, you take away the
sins of the world:
have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the
sins of the world:
have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the
sins of the world:
grant us peace.

May the Body of Christ
keep me safe for eternal life.

The Priest reverently consumes the Body of
Christ.
Then he takes the chalice and says quietly:
May the Blood of Christ
keep me safe for eternal life.

The Priest raises a host slightly and shows it
to each of the communicants, saying:
The Body of Christ.
Amen.

The priest says quietly:
May the receiving of your Body and
Blood,
Lord Jesus Christ,
not bring me to judgement and
condemnation,
but through your loving mercy
be for me protection in mind and body,
and a healing remedy.

Raising the host the priest says:

Behold the Lamb of God,
behold him who takes away the sins of
the world.
Blessed are those called to the supper
of the Lamb.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

Look upon your flock, kind Shepherd,
and be pleased to settle in eternal
pastures the sheep you have
redeemed by the Precious Blood of
your Son.Who lives and reigns for
ever and ever. Amen.

R. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Praise the Lord all you nations.
Acclaim him all you peoples.
Strong is his love for us,
He is faithful forever. R.

O sing a new song to the Lord.
Sing to the Lord all the earth.
O sing to the Lord, bless his name.

R.

Proclaim his help day by day,
Tell among the nations his glory
And his wonders among all the
peoples. R.

Bring an offering and enter his
courts,
worship the Lord in his temple,
O earth tremble before him. R.

The Lord’s my shepherd, I’ll not want.
He makes me down to lie
in pastures green. He leadeth me the
quiet waters by.

My soul he doth restore again,
and me to walk doth make
within the paths of righteousness,
e’en for his own name’s sake.

Yea, though I walk in death’s dark vale,
yet will I fear none ill.
For thou art, and thy rod
and staff me comfort still.

My table thou hast furnished
in presence of my foes,
my head thou dost with oil anoint,
and my cup overflows.

Goodness and mercy all my life
shall surely follow me.
And in God’s house for evermore
my dwelling-place shall be.

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And together with the people he says once:

Lord, I am not worthy
that you should enter under my roof,
but only say the word
and my soul shall be healed.

The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit.

Solemn Blessing No6 Easter Time
May God, who by the Resurrection of
his only Begotten Son
was pleased to confer on you
the gift of redemption and of adoption,
give you gladness by his blessing.
Amen.

May he, by whose redeeming work
you have received the gift of
everlasting freedom, make you heirs
to an eternal inheritance.
Amen.

And may you, who have already risen
with Christ in Baptism through faith,
by living in a right manner on this
earth, be united with him in the
homeland of heaven.
Amen.

And may the blessing of almighty
God, the Father, and the Son, X and
the Holy Spirit, come down on you
and remain with you for ever.
Amen.

Go in peace glorifying the Lord by
your life.
Thanks be to God.

Communion Hymn

Private Prayer after Communion

Concluding Rites

Recessional Hymn

Lord, it is with joy that I come before
you, true God and true Man,
knowing that in this Holy Communion
you have made yourself present within
the very depths of my soul.
You are the Lamb of God who takes
away the sins of the world: at Baptism,
you washed me clean in your Precious
Blood; in this Mass you have offered
yourself in sacrifice for me.
You who died for me are my Shepherd,
leading me to the springs of living water,
and wiping all tears away from my eyes.
I am one of your people, a sheep of your
flock; the Father who made me has
given me to you. And now, since I
belong to you. I want to listen to your
voice, to follow you and to receive from
you the eternal life you have promised.
In return, I promise to serve you with all
my heart, to become a witness to you in
daily life, thus giving glory to you and to
the Father, for you and the Father are
one.