Current Homily

RECTORÍA DE SAN JUAN DE DIOS

SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER, CYCLE A

Act 2:42-47 (43ª); Ps 118:2-24;1Pe 1:3-9; Jn 20:19-31

                             Fr. Josué Arellano

SUNDAY OF DIVINE MERCY…

We continue walking in the light of the joy of the Risen Christ and find ourselves on the Second Sunday of Easter, known as Divine Mercy Sunday.

This feast was instituted by Saint John Paul II in the year 2000, as a result of the revelations given by our Lord Jesus Christ to Sister Faustina Kowalska, in which He expressed His desire that the world know His Divine Mercy.

Therefore, I would like to share these important points based on this feast and on the Word of God for this Sunday.

First, I want to highlight how the Risen Jesus comes to meet each one of us, just as He met His disciples, wishing them peace.

How much we need peace today to extend to every person, family, nation, and continent. How much we need peace within our Catholic Church!

In a world so confused and convulsed by wars, discord, and divisions, we are invited to receive the gift of peace from Jesus, which is the fruit of knowing ourselves loved and reconciled with him through the mystery of his passion, death, and resurrection.

Therefore, let us accept this gift of peace and pray that peace may spread throughout the world. Let us pray for this intention and be agents of peace, as our Holy Father Pope Leo XIV also invites us to be.

God's mercy is the medicine against sin that heals me of this mortal wound and leads me to the fullness of life and allows me to resume the path of holiness.

In his mercy, God manifests his love for us, despite our sin; he forgives us and desires to continue loving us, inviting us to turn away from all sin that wounds us, hurts us, and separates us from his love. Just as he did with his disciples, and in particular with the apostle Thomas, Jesus invites us to trust in him, to believe in him, and only in him will we have life in his name.

In short, on this Sunday we are invited to return to the Father's house, recognizing the presence of Jesus' mercy, receiving his peace by trusting in him, and experiencing that new life within us.

Holy Mary, Mother of Mercy, obtain this blessing for us. Amen.