SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER ------- DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY


READINGS:

1 R : Act 2 : 42 - 47.
Ps   117 : 2 - 4, 13 - 15, 22 - 24.
 2 R1 Pt 1 : 3 - 9 .
Gos :  Jn 20  : 19 - 31.

TODAY WE CELEBRATE THE ' DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY '

THE FIRST AND FOREMOST REVELATION OF DIVINE MERCY IS THE PASCHAL MYSTERY -- THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST.

INCIDENTALLY, TODAY POPE FRANCIS CANONIZES  TWO OF HIS  PREDECESSORS, ONE BEING POPE JOHN PAUL THE SECOND, UNIVERSALLY ACCLAIMED AS THE POPE OF DIVINE MERCY.

DIVINE MERCY IS GOD'S ' JUSTICE '. GOD'S  ' JUSTICE ' IS THE SALVATION OF MANKIND. THEREFORE WE NEED TO BRING THE ENTIRE ' WORLD ' TO THE MERCY SEAT OF GOD AND INTERCEDE  FOR ALL.

THE FIRST READING GIVES A PICTURE OF EARLY CHRISTIANS, SHARING AND CARING FOR EACH OTHER. THERE WAS NONE WHO WAS NEEDY AMONG THEM.

JUST IMAGINE THE HEIGHT OF COMMUNITY FEELING.

THE SECOND READING REMINDS US ABOUT THE PRECIOUSNESS OF FAITH WHICH IS MUCH MORE VALUABLE THAN THE PUREST GOLD.

FROM THE GOSPEL WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING LESSONS.

1. THE INSTITUTION OF THE SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION.
2. FAITH IN RESURRECTION IS A GIFT.
3. THE EXPRESSION OF FAITH,  " MY GOD AND MY LORD " IS THE CORE OF CHRISTIAN FAITH.

WE NEED TO BE MERCIFUL.

TRADITIONALLY, THERE ARE 7 CORPORAL AND 7 SPIRITUAL WORKS OF MERCY.

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN I WILL LIST IT HERE BELOW.

THE SEVEN CORPORAL WORKS OF MERCY:

1. FED THE  HUNGRY.
2. GIVE DRINK TO THE THIRSTY.
3. CLOTHE THE NAKED.
4. SHELTER THE HOMELESS.
5. VISIT THE SICK.
6. VISIT THE IMPRISONED.
7. BURY THE DEAD.


THE SEVEN SPIRITUAL WORKS OF MERCY:

1. COUNSEL THE DOUBTFUL.
2. INSTRUCT THE IGNORANT.
3. ADMONISH SINNERS.
4. COMFORT THE AFFLICTED.
5. FORGIVE OFFENSES.
6. BEAR WRONGS PATIENTLY.
7. PRAY FOR THE LIVING AND THE DEAD.

 

 

 

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