Sunday

15 Apr 2012

Solemnity of the Second Sunday of Easter; Divine Mercy Sunday, Cycle B Click here for all content for this cycle Solemnity of the Second Sunday of Easter; Divine Mercy Sunday, Cycle B

SUNDAY SUMMARY

Acts of the Apostles 4:32-35 No one in the community of faith had any need, for all shared what they had.

Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24 The boundless compassion of God is the reason for thanksgiving.

1 John 5:1-6 Ritual alone cannot save. Salvation comes at the cost of sacrifice in love and truth.

John 20:19-31 Thomas cannot believe in the Lord of words but only the Lord of wounds.

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The inner word

What’s in your heart?

The readings this week serve to remind their hearers that the Easter season is about both celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus and doing something about it: They are full of messages about call, sending, mission.

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Exploring the word

THE FACE OF mercy looks different for each of us. For me, it’s a middle-aged religious sister with dark curls, a round face, and soft eyes who taught at my high school 35 years ago.

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Homily stories

Peace packs a punch

Faith in God’s Love and the commandments to love give us the power to conquer the world. And our reward is peace, the peace Christ gave to us.    

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Prayers

Penitential Act & Prayer of the Faithful

Let us pray for the love in which we follow and obey our God.

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Homily themes

Notes on the text

For some, Thomas is the one who gave his name to doubting (bad), while to others he is a hero of faith for sticking, Job-like, to his guns and believing only after he has seen and heard the genuine article (good).

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Sign & sacrament

A little doubt can do you good

If you ever are in a “Thomas state of mind”—doubting your faith, doubting God’s love, doubting our hope for redemption—consider all the great Christians who have gone before you who have experienced similar doubts: Mother Teresa, Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, Saint Teresa of Avila, Saint John of the Cross, Saint Thomas Aquinas, to name but a few. Doubt

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Quotes

Love was meant to be also a sign, a symbol, a messenger, a telltale of the Divine. —Abp. Fulton J. Sheen, From the Angel’s Blackboard

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