RESPONSORIAL PSALM ( Sung ) Psalm 22 . R . v . 1 or v . 4
The Lord is my shepherd , and I want to follow wherever he leads me wherever he goes . Over the mountains , the waters and by ways , valleys and highways , he ’ s waiting for me .
I want to go to meet him there to lay myself down in his love . The Lord is my shepherd , and I want to follow wherever he leads me wherever he goes .
And while on the journey to where we are going he promised to be there to help us along . And over the mountains we ’ ll walk on together to know all the wonders he ’ s given to me .
I want to go to meet him there , to lay myself down in his love The Lord is my shepherd , and I want to follow wherever he leads me wherever he goes .
SECOND READING
A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Romans Rom 14:7-12
Alive or dead , we belong to the Lord .
The life and death of each of us has its influence on others ; if we live , we live for the Lord ; and if we die , we die for the Lord , so that alive or dead we belong to the Lord . This explains why Christ both died and came to life , it was so that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living . We shall all have to stand before the judgement seat of God ; as Scripture says : By my life – it is the Lord who speaks – every knee shall bend before me , and every tongue shall praise God . It is to God , therefore , that each of us must give an account of himself . Word of the Lord
All : Thanks be to God