4th Sunday of Easter/Good Shepherd Sunday/Vocations Sunday - April 25, 2021

 

4^th Sunday of Easter
Good Shepherd Sunday/Vocations Sunday
April 25, 2021

Good Shepherd Sunday is the Fourth Sunday of Easter in the new Catholic liturgical calendar; that is, the Sunday three weeks after Easter Sunday. The name derives from the gospel readings on this day which are taken from the 10th chapter of John. In this reading Christ is described as the Good Shepherd who, by dying on the Cross, lays down his life for his sheep. In the Traditional (pre-1970) Latin Liturgy (see Tridentine Mass), this Mass is said on the Second Sunday after Easter, i.e., the Sunday after the Octave of Easter (Quasimodo or "Low" Sunday).

In recent times the feast day has also become known as Vocations Sunday, a day on which prayers should be said for vocations to the priesthood and religious life.

 

Entrance:

1.     Diha sa Halaran

2.     Diosnong Magtutudlo

3.     Mao Kini ang Panaghigugmaay

4.     Kon Magkatigum Ta

5.     Magsiawit sa Panginoon (Isidro & Que) "Magsiawit kayo sa Panginoon; ALELUYA!"

6.     Isang Pananampalataya (Santos & Hontiveros)

7.     Halina na’t Lumapit (Santos, Hontiveros) Stanza 2 ang priority.

8.     Blest be the Lord (Schutte)

9.     City of God (Schutte) Stanza 2 ang priority.

10.  Come With Me Into the Fields (Schutte)

11.  Glory and Praise to Our God (Schutte) Stanza 3 ang priority.

12.  Play before the Lord (Dufford). Stanza 2 ang priority. "Offering Him our joyful hearts, joining in endless praise. Alleluia (4x) joining in endless praise."

13.  Sing a new song (Schutte). Don’t forget to replace “Yahweh’s people” to “O God’s people.” "Singing Alleluia...”

 

Kyrie:

1.     Ginoo Kaloy-I Kami (Set IV)

2.     Panginoon Maawa Ka (Francisco)

3.     Maawa Ka (Francisco-Reyes)

4.     Lord, Have Mercy (Francisco-Reyes)

5.     As We Prepare

 

Gloria:

1.     Himaya sa Dios (C7)

2.     Luwalhati sa Dios (Sengson)

3.     Glory to God (Francisco-Agatep)

 

First Reading                                                           Acts 4:8-12

Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said:
“Leaders of the people and elders:
If we are being examined today
about a good deed done to a cripple,
namely, by what means he was saved,
then all of you and all the people of Israel should know
that it was in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean
whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead;
in his name this man stands before you healed.
He is the stone rejected by you, the builders,
    which has become the cornerstone.
There is no salvation through anyone else,
nor is there any other name under heaven
given to the human race by which we are to be saved.”
 

Responsorial Psalm                                  118:1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 28, 29

R.  (22) The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.
or:
R.  Alleluia.
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
    for his mercy endures forever.
It is better to take refuge in the LORD
    than to trust in man.
It is better to take refuge in the LORD
    than to trust in princes.
R.  The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.
or:
R. Alleluia.
I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me
    and have been my savior.
The stone which the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone.
By the LORD has this been done;
    it is wonderful in our eyes.
R. The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD;
    we bless you from the house of the LORD.
I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me
    and have been my savior.
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
    for his kindness endures forever.
R. The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.
or:
R. Alleluia. 

 

Second Reading                                        1 Jn 3:1-2

Beloved:
See what love the Father has bestowed on us
that we may be called the children of God.
Yet so we are.
The reason the world does not know us
is that it did not know him.
Beloved, we are God’s children now;
what we shall be has not yet been revealed.
We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him,
for we shall see him as he is.

 

Alleluia                                                          Jn 10:14

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
I am the good shepherd, says the Lord;
I know my sheep, and mine know me.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

 

Gospel Acclamation:

1.      Aleluya, Lamdag Ka

2.      Aleluya, Mao Kini ang Adlaw

3.      Aleluya sa ‘Tong Ginoo

4.      Aleluya, Wikain Mo (Francisco)

5.      Aleluya, Kami ay Gawin mong Daan (Francisco)

6.      Aleluya (Francisco-Arboleda-Torres)

7.      Sing Aleluia to the Lord

 

Gospel                                                           Jn 10:11-18

Jesus said:
“I am the good shepherd.
A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
A hired man, who is not a shepherd
and whose sheep are not his own,
sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away,
and the wolf catches and scatters them.
This is because he works for pay and has no concern for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd,
and I know mine and mine know me,
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father;
and I will lay down my life for the sheep.
I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold.
These also I must lead, and they will hear my voice,
and there will be one flock, one shepherd.
This is why the Father loves me,
because I lay down my life in order to take it up again.
No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own.
I have power to lay it down, and power to take it up again.
This command I have received from my Father.”

 

Offertory

1.      Gasa sa Gugma

2.      Diyutay lang Kini

3.      Pagdaygon ka Dios

4.      Ang Tanging Alay Ko “’Sa ‘Yo aking Ama” connects to 2R.

5.      Isang Pagkain, Isang Katawan, Isang Bayan (San Pedro)

6.      Paghahandog ng Sarili (Ofrasio-Hontiveros or Arboleda-Francisco)

7.      Blessed Be God

8.      Prayer for Generosity (Arboleda)

 

Sanctus:

1.      Sanctus Mass IV (Villanueva)

2.      Santos Pastorela (Villanueva)

3.      Santo, Santo, Santo (Que)

4.      Santo, Santo, Santo (Francisco)

5.      Holy, Holy, Holy (Dufford-Schutte)

 

Acclamation:

1.      Among Gihandum

2.      Si Kristo Namatay

3.      Si Kristo ay Gunitain (Ramirez)

4.      Sa Krus Mo at Pagkabuhay

5.      Memorial Acclamation (Marcelo-Fenomeno)

6.      Dying

 

Amen:

1.      7 Amen

2.      Dakilang Amen

3.      Great Amen

 

Pater Noster:

Please choose the best Amahan Namo/Ama Namin/Our Father which all the people in the church can sing with you.

 

Doxology:

1.      Kay Imo Man

2.      Sapagkat

3.      For Thine (Mallote)

 

Agnus Dei:

1.      Kordero sa Dios Pastorella (Villanueva)

2.      Agnus Dei Mass VIII (Villanueva)

3.      Kordero ng Dios (Ryan Cayabyab)

4.      Kordero ng Dios (Que)

5.      Lamb of God (Folk)

6.      Lamb of God (Arboleda-Francisco)

 

Communion

1.      Misyon sa Tawo

2.      Ang Ginoo akong Magbalantay, swak for the Gospel

3.      Kini Maong akong Lawas

4.      Tungo Sa’yo (Hangad), swak for the celebration Vocation Sunday

5.      Ang Mabuting Pastol (Hontiveros)

6.      Ang Panginoon ay aking Pastol (Isidro & Ramirez)

7.      Pagsibol (Aquino)

8.      Tubig ng Buhay (Valdellon)

9.      Ama Kong Mahal (Aquino)

10.  Pag-ibig Mo, Ama (Macalinao, Hontiveros)

11.  Sa Diyos Lamang Mapapanatag (Isidro & Que) Ang priority ay stanza 3. “Pastol kang nagmamahal sa kawan”

12.  Panginoon ng Pag-ibig at Pag-asa. Emphasize Aleluya at finale.

13.  So the Love of God (Schutte)

14.  Shelter Me, O God

15.  Like a Shepherd (Dufford). Prioritize Stanzas 2 & 3

16.  Pastorale (Francisco)

17.  Valleys of Green (Schutte)

18.  Empty Space (Go, Francisco)

19.  For You Are My God (Foley)

20.  God of Silence (Francisco)

21.  Here I Am, Lord (Schutte)

 

Recessional

1.      Pagbanwag

2.      Ang Tawag

3.      Ang atong Tulubagon

4.      Humayo’t Ihayag (Francisco, Catalan & Go). Emphasize "Aleluya" at finale.

5.      Ito ang Bagong Araw (Isidro, Ramirez)

6.      Pananagutan

7.      Before the Sun burned bright (Schutte). Emphasize Alleluia.

8.      All My Days (Schutte) Stanza 4 ang priority.

9.      Pilgrim’s Theme (Go & Francisco) dahel Vocation Sunday.

10.  Save us, O Lord. Lenten, pero "O Shepherd of Israel"