The Fourth Sunday of Easter
Sun, Apr 26
|St. Michael Lutheran Church
Today is Good Shepherd Sunday. Jesus calls himself the "gate" - the one who opens the way to life abundant. He knows us by name, leads us beside the still waters of our baptism, and spreads a table before us even amid the world's grief. From this table we are sent, to extend God's tender care to all
Time & Location
Apr 26, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM
St. Michael Lutheran Church, 118 State St, Harrisburg, PA 17101, USA
About the event
Readings: Bible Gateway
Acts 2:42-47 Psalm 23 1 Peter 2:19-25 John 10:1-10
Today we celebrate Good Shepherd Sunday, one of the most tender moments in the Easter season. In today's gospel, Jesus calls himself the "gate" for the sheep — the one who opens the way to life, and life abundant.
The image is everywhere in today's readings: a Shepherd who knows us by name. Who anoints our heads with oil. Who leads us beside still waters — the same waters of our baptism. Who spreads a table before us each Sunday, even in a world marked by violence and grief.
This is the heart of what we gather to remember: we are known, we are fed, we are loved. And we are sent — to be living signs of the resurrection and to extend God's tender care to every corner of creation, to every creature, to one another.