SOLEMNITY OF SAINT PIUS X, POPE,
PATRON OF THE PARISH
Reading 1 Ezekiel 34:11-16
A Reading from the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel:
For thus says the Lord GOD:
Look! I myself will search for my sheep and examine them.
As a shepherd examines his flock
while he himself is among his scattered sheep,
so will I examine my sheep.
I will deliver them from every place where they were scattered
on the day of dark clouds.
I will lead them out from among the peoples
and gather them from the lands;
I will bring them back to their own country
and pasture them upon the mountains of Israel,
in the ravines and every inhabited place in the land.
In good pastures I will pasture them;
on the mountain heights of Israel will be their grazing land.
There they will lie down on good grazing ground;
in rich pastures they will be pastured
on the mountains of Israel.
I myself will pasture my sheep;
I myself will give them rest—oracle of the Lord GOD.
The lost I will search out, the strays I will bring back,
the injured I will bind up, and the sick I will heal;
but the sleek and the strong I will destroy.
I will shepherd them in judgment.
The Word of the Lord
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7
- (9a)Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
I will bless the LORD at all times;
his praise shall be ever in my mouth.
Let my soul glory in the LORD;
the lowly will hear me and be glad.
- Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
Glorify the LORD with me,
let us together extol his name.
I sought the LORD, and he answered me
and delivered me from all my fears.
- Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
Look to him that you may be radiant with joy,
and your faces may not blush with shame.
When the poor one called out, the LORD heard,
and from all his distress he saved him.
- Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
Reading 2 Eph 1: 3-10
A Reading from the Letter of St. Paul to the Ephesians:
Brothers and sisters:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who has blessed us in Christ
with every spiritual blessing in the heavens,
as he chose us in him,
before the foundation of the world,
to be holy and without blemish before him.
In love he destined us for adoption to himself through Jesus Christ,
in accord with the favor of his will,
for the praise of the glory of his grace
that he granted us in the beloved.
In him we have redemption by his blood,
the forgiveness of transgressions,
in accord with the riches of his grace that he lavished upon us.
In all wisdom and insight,
he has made known to us the mystery of his will
in accord with his favor that he set forth in him
as a plan for the fullness of times,
to restore all things in Christ,
in heaven and on earth.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation Jn 6:56
- Alleluia, alleluia.
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood
remains in me and I in him, says the Lord.
- Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel Jn 21:15-17
A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to John:
After Jesus had revealed himself to his disciples and
eaten breakfast with them,
he said to Simon Peter,
"Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?"
Simon Peter answered him,
"Yes, Lord, you know that I love you."
Jesus said to him, "Feed my lambs."
He then said to Simon Peter a second time,
"Simon, son of John, do you love me?"
Simon Peter answered him,
"Yes, Lord, you know that I love you."
He said to him, "Tend my sheep."
He said to him the third time,
"Simon, son of John, do you love me?"
Peter was distressed that he had said to him a third time,
"Do you love me?" and he said to him,
"Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you."
[Jesus] said to him, "Feed my sheep."
The Gospel of the Lord.