Newsletter — Second Sunday of Easter—Divine Mercy Sunday – Year C 27th April 2025
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“Mercy is heartfelt sympathy for another’s distress, impelling us to succour him if we can. For mercy takes its name – misericordia – from denoting a person’s compassionate heart for another’s unhappiness” (Saint Thomas Aquinas). Divine mercy is God’s refusal to leave us in our fallen condition: Jesus enters the “locked” doors of our hearts, banishing fear and sin and saying, “Peace be with you.” “He showed them his hands and his side”: Jesus shows us his wounds so that we will not be afraid to show him ours. Finally,
Jesus gave the disciples the Holy Spirit so they could be his agents of mercy in the sacrament of penance: “If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them.” Thousands of years later, we continue to receive Christ’s mercy in confession…”
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Rest in Peace!
We give thanks to God for Pope Francis’s life and for his service to the Church.
Thank you Holy Father!
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