The Good Shepherd

An Offering for Sunday, April 26, Easter 4 A
A shepherd boy in Africa

Prior homilies or sermons of mine are occasionally downloaded by readers. Noticing this, I anticipate that some of those preparing to preach (or offer a reading) on an upcoming Sunday might benefit from the perspective I have taken regarding the Lectionary readings for a particular day. I am therefore offering (when I can) a prior text that I have used for the occasion. I will try to do this on Sunday evenings or Mondays believing that there might interest in these texts being made available. When I have one prepared, I will also offer an accompanying handout (in pdf format) in case these may also be helpful.

For this coming Sunday, Easter 4 in Lectionary year A, I offer the following.

The link for it is here. The link to the handout may be found further below.

Easter 4 A for 2026Download

Here is the link to the handout.

Easter 4 A Handout for 2026Download

Personal and Family Devotions for Easter 4, Sunday May 3

 

Sadao Watanabe, The Good Shepherd

 

For this Fourth Sunday (during the Great 50 Days) of Easter, I am happy once again to share with you a format for personal and family devotions.

I invite you to read these readings, and pray these prayers tomorrow. The format is especially suitable for sharing with others. I am sure that many of you are already staying in touch with family, friends and loved ones, with the help of an app like Zoom for web-based internet group meetings. Feel free to share the link to the devotions with others

The wood block print above and in the Devotions document is by Sadao Watanabe, a Japanese Christ artist.

You can access the Personal and Family Devotions document that I have prepared for tomorrow, Sunday, May 3, 2020, by clicking here.