SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER (OR DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY) - YEAR A
Readings
First: Acts 2: 42-47 - The whole community remained faithful to the teaching, the brotherhood and to breaking of bread and prayers ... they lived together and owned everything in common ... day by day the Lord added to their community.
Psalm: 117 - Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for his love had no end / Let the sons of Israel say / I was thrust, thrust down and falling / The stone which the builders rejected.
Second: I Peter 1: 3-9 - Blessed be God .. who in his great mercy has given us new birth ... by raising Jesus Christ from the dead.
Gospel: John 20: 19-31 - Jesus appears to the apostles while they are locked in the upper room. He wished Peace upon them, and breathed the Holy Spirit on them. But Thomas was not there, and doubted. Eight days later, Jesus came back and Thomas saw and believed. Jesus response; Happy are those who have not seen and yet believe.
Themes
Easter joy. Resurrection. God's mercy. Faith. Community. Peace / justice.
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Copyright information
Picture: "Thomas Touches Christ's Side," by Béla Iványi-Grünwald (1867–1940), in the Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary. Public Domain.
