Misericordia or Shepherd Sunday Week Devotional guide
Updated: Apr 27, 2020
2nd Sunday after Easter
Misericordia Sonntag (Domini) or Shepherd (Good Shepherd) Sunday
“I am the good shepherd….My sheep hear my voice and I know them, and they follow me; and I give them eternal life.” John 10:11, 27-28
Theme/ Focus of the week: “The Good Shepherd”
Psalms for the week: 23 and 33
Sunday Lessons:
O.T. Lesson: Ezek. 34:1-16 or Jer. 23:1-8
Epistle Lesson: 1 Peter 2:21b - 25
Gospel Lesson: John 10: 11-16
M. Eph. 2:4-10 John 10:1-11
T. Matt. 26:31-35 Matt. 14:23-33
W. John 21: 15 -19 Matt. 18:10-14
T. 1 Peter 5:1 - 4 Ezek. 34:23 - 31
F. John 18:1 - 9 Heb. 13: 12 - 21
S. Acts 20: 28 -32 John 10: 27 - 30
Prayer for the Week
“O Savior Christ, who dost lead to immortal blessedness those who commit themselves to thee: Grant that we, being weak, presume not to trust in ourselves but may always have thee before our eyes, to follow thee, our guide; that thou who only knows the way, mayest lead us to our heavenly desires, to whom with the Father and the Holy Ghost be glory for ever. Amen.