--- title: "Mass Readings for April 18, 2027: Fourth Sunday of Easter" url: https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/04/18/ description: "April 18, 2027: Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year B, white. Acts 4:8-12; Psalm 118:1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 28, 29; 1 John 3:1-2; John 10:11-18. Gospel in the CPDV." updated: 2026-10-20 --- Fourth Sunday of Easter # Mass Readings *for Sunday, April 18, 2027* On Sunday, April 18, 2027, the Church in the United States celebrates the Fourth Sunday of Easter (Year B); the liturgical color is white. The Gospel is John 10:11-18. Updated October 20, 2026 ## The liturgical day Liturgical color White - **Celebration**: Fourth Sunday of Easter - **Season**: Easter Time · Week 4 - **Rank**: Sunday - **Sunday cycle**: Year B - **Weekday cycle**: Cycle I ## Mass readings (US) ### First Reading: Acts 4:8-12 - 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Leaders of the people and elders, listen. - 9 If we today are judged by a good deed done to an infirm man, by which he has been made whole, - 10 let it be known to all of you and to all of the people of Israel, that in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God has raised from the dead, by him, this man stands before you, healthy. - 11 He is the stone, which was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner. - 12 And there is no salvation in any other. For there is no other name under heaven given to men, by which it is necessary for us to be saved.” Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of Acts 4](https://blessbible.app/bible/acts/4/) ### Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 118:1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 28, 29 Read in the CPDV: [Psalm 118 (117 in the Vulgate)](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/117/) ### Second Reading: 1 John 3:1-2 - 1 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we would be called, and would become, the sons of God. Because of this, the world does not know us, for it did not know him. - 2 Most beloved, we are now the sons of God. But what we shall be then has not yet appeared. We know that when he does appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of 1 John 3](https://blessbible.app/bible/1-john/3/) ### Alleluia: John 10:14 Read in the CPDV: [John 10](https://blessbible.app/bible/john/10/) ### Gospel: John 10:11-18 - 11 I am the good Shepherd. The good Shepherd gives his life for his sheep. - 12 But the hired hand, and whoever is not a shepherd, to whom the sheep do not belong, he sees the wolf approaching, and he departs from the sheep and flees. And the wolf ravages and scatters the sheep. - 13 And the hired hand flees, because he is a hired hand and there is no concern for the sheep within him. - 14 I am the good Shepherd, and I know my own, and my own know me, - 15 just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for my sheep. - 16 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold, and I must lead them. They shall hear my voice, and there shall be one sheepfold and one shepherd. - 17 For this reason, the Father loves me: because I lay down my life, so that I may take it up again. - 18 No one takes it away from me. Instead, I lay it down of my own accord. And I have the power to lay it down. And I have the power to take it up again. This is the commandment that I have received from my Father.” Catholic Public Domain Version Read in the CPDV: [The whole of John 10](https://blessbible.app/bible/john/10/) Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. In US parishes the readings are proclaimed from the NABRE; the text shown here is the Catholic Public Domain Version. Old Testament readings and the psalm are listed with a link to their chapter: the US Lectionary numbers some of their verses differently from the CPDV, so their text is not printed here. Psalm citations keep the Lectionary’s Hebrew numbering; the CPDV numbers the Psalms as the Vulgate does. Spotted a wrong date, color or citation? [Report an error](https://blessbible.app/support/#report) and we’ll fix it in the app and here. ## Saint of the day [St. Apollonius the Apologist](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-apollonius-the-apologist/) Martyr · Remembered on April 18 [Read about St. Apollonius the Apologist](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-apollonius-the-apologist/) The day’s Mass celebrates the Fourth Sunday of Easter. [April 2027, day by day](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/04/) [Liturgical calendar 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/) [Today in the Church](https://blessbible.app/today/) [Previous day Sat, Apr 17](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/04/17/) [Next day Mon, Apr 19](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/04/19/)