On this Octave Day of Easter, the Second Sunday of the Easter Season, we celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday and are reminded of the gifts of peace and joy that come only from God through his Son, Jesus. We are told that we are blessed because we did not see the Risen Christ and yet still believe in him, blessed because we have a new birth to a living hope through Jesus’ Resurrection, blessed because we are able to partake of the Eucharistic bread broken for us. And we are reminded that God established an inheritance for us in heaven… one that we do not merit and of which we are not worthy but which God, in his great mercy, offers us anyway.

This week's readings:
Gospel – John 20: 19-31
1st Reading – Acts 2: 42-47
Psalm 118
2nd Reading – 1 Peter 1: 3-9