2nd Sunday of Easter - Year A - Divine Mercy Sunday & “Jesus Is Risen”

In this Sunday’s Gospel (John 20:19-31), John the Apostle begins by saying it is the First Day. He wants every one of us to understand that the Resurrection of the Lord is the beginning of a whole new world. And this world is a world filled with God’s mercy.

Sometimes, we confuse mercy with pity. It is not pity. The mercy of God is actually the activity of God in the world. When the people of the Old and New Testaments speak of God’s mercy, they mean God is making something out of nothing. A good example would be God sees all of us huddled in darkness, and He comes and says, “Let there be light!” and there is light. This is God’s mercy and His kindness. He reaches out to change our lives.

Jesus, once the little child of Bethlehem, is now the Risen Lord among us, here and now. He expresses his mercy by curing the blind, healing the sick, feeding the hungry, and seeing the lost and lonely, and giving them new purpose and a new life. This is God’s mercy constantly at work.

We close with the words of St. Peter from this weekend’s second reading (1 Peter 1:3-9):

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who in His great mercy gave us a new birth to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for us all.”

In honour of these readings, we would like to share our latest video, "Jesus Is Risen", a traditional Easter hymn of praise singing of the Resurrection and the Trinity.

Video can be watched by clicking here or on the picture below: