FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER B  Lectionary #50

Traditionally, because of the Gospel reading, in the Catholic liturgical calendar, this Easter Sunday is also known as Good Shepherd Sunday, and it is traditionally a day to pray for vocations.

Music Suggestions

Choral Anthems


Music Suggestions

Acts 4:8-12. Following the healing of a cripple in the name of Jesus, Peter affirms the heart of Christian faith: “There is no salvation through anyone else.” (This does not mean, however, that there is no salvation outside the Church, as Vatican II affirmed.)

Psalm of the Day:  Ps (117) 118
In Christian imagery, this is Jesus’ song of resurrection.

The Stone Rejected by the Builders (Alstott)   BB
The Stone Rejected by the Builders (Guimont)  RS 161/GC2 989/LPMG 50
The Stone Rejected by the Builders (Hopson) PRM B60/PMB 623/WS
The Stone Rejected by the Builders/La Piedra Que Desecharon los Arquiectos (Krisman) SS
The Stone Rejected by the Builders  (Proulx/Gelineau)  WOR 843/LPGG 848
The Stone Rejected by the Builders (Schiavone)   JS 928/LP 72
The Stone Which the Builders Rejected    PSL 59/SS
The Stone Which the Builders Rejected (Farrell)   JS 95
The Stone Which the Builders Rejected  (Smith/Somerville)  CBW 98

Suggested Common Psalm:  Ps (117) 118

This Is the Day the Lord Has Made

1 John 3:1-2. The church is the incarnate promise of the coming kingdom.

John 10:11-18. I am the good shepherd.

Songs for the Liturgy

A Banquet Is Prepared (G) GP 509
A Living Hope (2)  CBW 613/PMB 284
*A Single Unmatched Stone (1)  WOR 574
Abundant Life (G)  RS 636/GC 710/GC2 703
All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name (1)  WOR 494, 495/GC 484/GC2 490/RS 632/WC 701/JS 482/MI‑BB/GP 421/PMB 368/WS/SS
Amen! (G) LMGM 170
At That First Eucharist (G)  WOR 733/LMGM 134/RS 922/GC 852/GC2 840/WC 620/GP 511/PMB 292/WS/SS
At the Name of Jesus (1)  WOR 499/CBW 427/MI‑BB/JS 400, 424/GP 424
Baptized in Living Waters (2)   PMB 386/WC 741/WS
Baptized in Water (2)  WOR 720/RS 903/GC 798/GC2 797/CBW 614/JS 542/PMB 286/WC 603/WS/SS
Because the Lord Is My Shepherd (G)  JS 725/MI‑BB/GP 627
Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation (1)  WOR 617/CBW 430/WC 746/RS 778/GC 662/GC2 642/JS 780/PMB 384/SS
Christus Paradox (1,G)  RS 699/GC2 825/HG 64
Come, Taste and See (G)   JS 818/GP 526/MI-BB
Come to Me B Norbet (G) WC 842/JS 728/JS 590/GP 629/PMB 444/MI-BB/WS
Come to Us (G) GP 537/GC 743/GC2 740
Easter Alleluia, v 4 (G) GC 424/GC2 447/RS 592/SS
Eye Has Not Seen (2)  MI‑BB/RS 758/GC 638/GC2 616/CBW 482/WC 844/WS/SS
Gentle Shepherd/Jesús, Pastor Tan Dulce (G)  JS 737/CBW 598/GP 512
Gift of Finest Wheat (G)  WOR 736/CBW 603/LMGM 136/GP 525/MI‑BB/RS 912/GC 815/GC2 816/WC 629/JS 803/PMB 300/WS/SS
God Is Love (2)  CBW 473/LMGM 241/MI‑BB/RS 744/GC 629/GC2 608/JS 749
Good Christians All (G)  RS 586/CBW 386/PMB 262/WC 564
His Name Is Wonderful (G) LMGM 87
I Am the Vine (G)  WC 830/GC 672/JS 355/MI-BB/GP 953/PMB 436
I Know That My Redeemer Lives -- Hatton (2)  WOR 445/MI‑BB/WC 707/LMGM 63/GC 430/GC2 454/JS 131/RS 582/GP 388/PMB 363/WS/SS
I Lift My Eyes to the Quiet Hills (G) CBW 484
In the Arms of the Shepherd (G)    PMB 449/WC 848/WS
Jesus, Shepherd of Our Souls (G)  WOR 649/GC 725
Like a Shepherd (G)  GP 708/CBW 490/MI‑BB/GC 325/GC2 332/JS 648
Lord, Who At Your First Eucharist (G)  MI‑BB/JS 826/GP 511
My Shepherd Will Supply My Need (G)  WOR 606/RS 761/JS 732/WC 847
O Christ, the Great Foundation (1)  WOR 618/RS 781, 782/GC2 646/CBW 527/SS
O Lord, You Are My Shepherd (G) WC 846
One Bread, One Body (G)  GP 499/LMGM 139/MI‑BB/RS 915/GC 830/GC2 813/WC 649/JS 820/WS
One Bread We Bless and Share (G)   SS
Our God Reigns (Ps,G) WC 903/WS
Priestly People, vss. 10‑11 (G)   PMB 383/WC 740/WS
Ps 23, The Lord Is My Shepherd (G) 
*Ps 33: The Earth Is Full (E) 
Pues Sí Vivimos/If We Are Living (1,2)  RS 727/GC 666/GC2 650/PMB 408/WC 796/WS/SS
Santo, Santo, Santo/Holy, Holy, Holy (1,Ps)  GC 563/RS 672
Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us (G) LMGM 47
Shepherd Me, O God (2)  MI‑BB/RS 756/GC 636/GC2 23/WC 386/WS/SS
Shepherd of My Heart (G)  GC 641/GC2 624/SS
Shepherd of Our Hearts (G)  GC 829
Shepherd of Souls (G)  WOR 728/MI‑BB/GC 840/GC2 818/WC 626, 643/JS 825/GP 501/PMB 296/WS/SS
Sing Praise to Our Creator (2)  RS 620/PMB 376/WC 734/WS
Take and Eat, v 3 (G)  RS 910/GC 831/GC2 812/CBW 611/WC 648/WS/SS
*The Earth Is Full (E)   PSL 59/SS
The King of Love My Shepherd Is (G)  WOR 609/MI‑BB/RS 766/GC 635/GC2 631/WC 815/JS 733/GP 632/PMB 427/WS/SS
The Living God My Shepherd Is (G) CBW 690/WOR 612/MI-BB
*The Lord Fills the Earth (E)   GP 198
The Lord Jesus Christ, v 1 (G)  CBW 436
The Lord, My Shepherd, Rules My Life (G)  CBW 489
The Lord's My Shepherd (G)  CBW 488 
*The Mercy of the Lord (E)   IH 25
This Is My Body, v 4 (G) PMB 318/WC 623/CBW 580/WS
This Is the Day B Deiss (Ps)    PMB 269/WC 574
We Will Rise Again (G)  GP 603/MI-BB
With a Shepherd's Care (G)  RS 738/GC 654/GC2 628/SS
Without Seeing You, v 4 (G) GC 844/GC2 842
You Are Mine (G)  RS 762/GC 649//GC2 627/MI‑BB/WC 853/WS/SS
You Have Looked upon the Lowly (G)  CBW 624

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Choral Anthems

Title of Anthem, Voicing & Instrumentation Composer/arranger/editor Publisher & edition #
Awake, Arise, Go Forth and Rejoice (Unison, Piano/Organ) Leaf, Robert Augsburg (11-1580)
PS
Behold What Manner of Love (SAB)   Broadman (4540-60)
2
Behold What Manner of Love (SATB) Mueller, Carl F. Broadman (4563-31)
2
Behold What Manner of Love (SSAA, Organ) Sowerby, Leo H. W. Gray (2699)
2
Christus Paradox (SATB, Organ) Fedak, Alfred GIA (G-5463)
G
Do You Know Your Shepherd's Voice (2-part, Keyboard) Lord, Suzanne Choristers Guild (CGA 673)
G
Easter 4 from “Verses for the Easter Season” (SATB, Organ) Willan, Healey/Guenther Concordia (98-3057U31)
G
Ego Sum Pastor Bonus (SATB) Porta C. F. Chester in “Chester Motets #14,” p. 22)
G
Give Thanks to the Lord (Unison, Organ) Felciano, Richard E. C. Schirmer (2804)
PS
God of Love My Shepherd is, The (SATB, 2 Violins, Organ) Schalk, Carl MorningStar (MSM-50-8812)
G
I Am the Good Shepherd (2-part equal voices, Keyboard) Bender, Jan Concordia (98-1992)
G
I Am the Good Shepherd (SATB, Organ) Young, Phillip Carl Fischer (CM 7759)
G
I Am the Good Shepherd (SATB, Organ/Keyboard, Flute) Englert, Eugene GIA (G-2117)
G
Jesu Dulcis Memoria (SATB) Giles, R. Paraclete Press (PPM 0213)
2
Jesu, Dulcis Memoria (SATB) Lee. R. A. Paraclete Press (PPM 9611)
2
Jesus, Good Shepherd (SATB, Piano or Harp) Ellingboe, Bradley Augsburg (08006-5827-2)
G
Jesus, Like A Shepherd, Lead Us (Unison, Keyboard) Lau, Robert Jenson (423-1002)
G
Lord Is My Shepherd, The (SAT, SAB or SATB, piano) Pote, Allen Choristers Guild (CGA 551)
G
Lord Is My Shepherd, The (SATB, Organ) Lord Is My Shepherd, The (SSAA, Organ) Schubert, Franz G. Schirmer (50304810) G. Schirmer (5302)
G
Lord Is My Shepherd, The (SATB, Organ, Piano or Harp) Thompson, Randall E.C. Schirmer (2688)
G
Lord's My Shepherd, The (SATB, Organ, opt. strings) Kosche, Kenneth MorningStar (MSM-60-9018)
G
Love God Has For Us, The (SATB) Currie, Randolph GIA (G-2963)
2
O Lord, I Trust Your Shepherd Care (SATB, Organ) Schütz, Heinrich Augsburg in “Chantry Choirbook” (08006-4277-2)
G
Of the Kindness of the Lord (2-part, Organ) Proulx, Richard Augsburg (11-1539)
E
Offertory (Unison, Keyboard) Busarow, Donald Augsburg (11-9540)
2
One Fold, One Shepherd (2 equal or mixed voices, organ) Woollen, Russell WLP (ESA 660)
G
Savior, Like A Shepherd, Lead Us (Unison, Organ) Bach, J.S./Hopson, H.H. GIA (G-2266)
G
See What Love (SATB, Organ) Mendelssohn, Felix Augsburg (11-1281)
2
Shepherd Me, O God (SATB, Keyboard, C instrument, opt. Glockenspiel and Strings) Haugen, Marty GIA (G-2950)
G
Surrexit Pastor Bonus (SATB) DiLasso, Orlando (#n.a.)
C
This Is The Day (SATB, Organ) Titcomb, Everett Abingdon (APM-208)
PS
Thy Sheep May Safely Graze (SATB, Organ, 2 flutes) Bach, J. S./Morgan, Julia Beckenhorst (BPI 369)
G
What Great Affection! (SATB) Homilius, Gottfried Hall & McCreary (1522)
2
With a Shepherd's Care (SATB, Keyboard, opt. C Instrument) Chepponis, James GIA (G-3617)
G

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