Sunday, April 28, 2019 2nd Sunday of Easter 1st
Reading: Acts 5:12-16 2nd Reading: Revelation 1:9-11, 12-13, 17-19 Gospel: John 20:19-31
On the evening of that day, the first day after the Sabbath, the doors were locked where the disciples were, because of their fear of the Jews, but Jesus came and stood in their midst. He said to them, “Peace be with you”; then he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples kept looking at the Lord and were full of joy.
Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” After saying this he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit; for those whose sins you forgive, they are forgiven; for those whose sins you retain, they are retained.”
Thomas, the Twin, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he replied, “Until I have seen in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.”
Eight days later, the disciples were inside again and Thomas was with them. Despite the locked doors Jesus came and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands; stretch out your hand and put it into my side. Resist no longer and be a believer.”
Thomas then said, “You are my Lord and my God.” Jesus replied, “You believe because you see me, don’t you? Happy are those who have not seen and believe.”
There were many other signs that Jesus gave in the presence of his disciples, but they are not recorded in this book.
D@iGITAL-EXPERIENCE
(Daily Gospel in the Assimilated Life Experience)
In today’s Gospel, the risen Lord greeted his Apostles with “Peace be with you” three times. The message is appropriate for today’s celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday. When one embraces God’s mercy he receives God’s gift of peace.
Pope John Paul II prepared a message for the feast of the Divine Mercy in 2005. He did not have the chance to deliver it because he died on that very day. The timing of his death punctuated the importance of the feast with his own life.
He canonized Sister Faustina, the visionary to whom Jesus appeared and ordered the painting of the Divine Mercy image. In 1931 Jesus made this promise through Sister Faustina: “The soul that will go to confession and receive Holy Communion (on that day) shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment… (II, 138). We may not have the chance to die physically on a Divine Mercy Sunday but we can all die to sin by confessing our sins and receiving Holy Communion. – (Atty.) Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., D.M.
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