Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Ioánnem (10,11-18)
In illo tempore: Dixit Iesus: Ego sum pastor bonus; bonus pastor ánimam suam ponit pro óvibus; mercennárius et, qui non est pastor, cuíus non sunt oves própriæ, videt lupum veniéntem et dimíttit oves et fugit – et lupus rapit eas et dispérgit – quia mercennárius est et non pértinet ad eum de óvibus. Ego sum pastor bonus et cognósco meas, et cognóscunt me meæ, sicut cognóscit me Pater, et ego cognósco Patrem; et ánimam meam pono pro óvibus. Et álias oves hábeo, quæ non sunt ex hoc ovíli, et illas opórtet me addúcere, et vocem meam áudient et fient unus grex, unus pastor. Proptérea me Pater díligit, quia ego pono ánimam meam, ut íterum sumam eam. Nemo tollit eam a me, sed ego pono eam a meípso. Potestátem hábeo ponéndi eam et potestátem hábeo íterum suméndi eam. Hoc mandátum accépi a Patre meo.”
At that time: Jesus said: I am the good Pastor. The good Pastor giveth his life for his sheep. But the hireling & he that is not the Pastor, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and flyeth: and the wolf raveneth, and disperseth the sheep. And the hireling flyeth because he is a hireling; and he hath no care of the sheep. I am the good Pastor; and I know mine, and mine know me. As the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father: and I yield my life for my sheep. And other sheep I have that are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be made one fold and one Pastor. Therefore the Father loveth me: because I yield my life, that I may take it again. No man taketh it away from me: but I yield it of myself. And I have power to yield it: and I have power to take it again. This commandment I received of my Father.
