Good Shepherd Sunday is the day on which the
Gospel
Gospel originally meant the Christian message (" the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words a ...
passage of the
Good Shepherd
The Good Shepherd ( el, ποιμὴν ὁ καλός, ''poimḗn ho kalós'') is an image used in the pericope of , in which Jesus Christ is depicted as the Good Shepherd who lays down his life for his sheep. Similar imagery is used in Psalm 23 ...
is read during the
liturgies
Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group. ''Liturgy'' can also be used to refer specifically to public worship by Christians. As a religious phenomenon, liturgy represents a communal response to and partic ...
of certain
Christian denominations. This may be the:
* Second Sunday after Easter or
Third Sunday of Easter
The Third Sunday of Easter is the day that occurs two weeks after the Christian celebration of Easter.
Western Christianity
In the historical Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, this day was officially known as the Second Sunday after Easter ...
, the traditional Good Shepherd Sunday
*
Fourth Sunday of Easter The Fourth Sunday of Easter is the day that occurs three weeks after the Christian celebration of Easter.
Western Christianity
Tridentine Catholicism (pre-1970)
In the historical Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, this day was officially ...
, the day to which many Christian denominations assigned the reading after the liturgical reforms of the 1970s
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Christian Sunday observances
Eastertide