Misericordias Domini 26. April 2020
Introit (Psalm 23; 33,5b.12a)
The earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord, Hallelujah.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, Hallelujah.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul. He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His Name’s sake.
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil,
for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies;
Thou anointest my head with oil;
my cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and will be forever. Amen.
The earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord, Hallelujah.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, Hallelujah.
Collect of the Day
O God, through the humiliation of Your Son You raised up the fallen world. Grant to Your faithful people, rescued from the peril of everlasting death, perpetual gladness and eternal joys; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
Ezekiel 34,1-2.10-16.31
1The word of the Lord reached me: 2„Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord who is the Lord: Ah, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep? 10Thus says the Lord who is the Lord, Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require My sheep at their hand and put a stop to their feeding the sheep. No longer will the shepherds feed themselves. I will rescue My sheep from their mouths, so that they may not be food for them.
11„For thus says the Lord who is the Lord: Behold, I, I Myself will search for My sheep and will seek them out. 12As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out My sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness. 13And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. And I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country. 14I will feed them with good pasture, and on the mountain heights of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture they will feed on the mountains of Israel. 15I Myself will be the shepherd of My sheep, and I Myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord who is the Lord. 16I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in justice.
31„And you are My sheep, human sheep of My pasture, and I am your God, declares the Lord who is the Lord.“
P This is the Word of the Lord.
C Thanks be to God.
Verse (John 10,11.27-28a)
Alleluia. I am the Good Shepherd. My sheep hear My Voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. Alleluia. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. Alleluia.
1. Peter 2,21-25
21For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in His steps. 22He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in His mouth. 23When He was reviled, He did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but continued entrusting Himself to Him who judges justly. 24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By His wounds you have been healed. 25For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Bishop of your lives.
P This is the Word of the Lord.
C Thanks be to God.
John 10,11-16
11„I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. 12He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf advancing and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. 14I am the Good Shepherd. I know My own and My own know Me, 15just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. 16And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.“
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