Today Second Sunday of Easter Divine Mercy readings reflection April 27, 2014 Readings: Acts 2:42-47; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31 The resurrection of Jesus was a new experience to the disciples. Even though Jesus had constantly explained to them about his rising from the dead, they were unable to grasp the implication of it. It was not something the disciples of Jesus seem to have anticipated, but now they were confronted with a novel experience of their master. The gospel narrative of today helps them to move from fear to joy, seclusion to mission, absence to presence, disbelief to faith, mere existence to new life. It tells how Jesus breathing on the disciples and giving them the Holy Spirit. Through the Spirit they are into the second creation leading them into something even bigger, to be born again in Christ through Baptism. Jesus gives them peace and power to forgive sins. The forgiveness that Jesus speaks of is not just the juridical wiping away of sins but a deep reconciliation of people with God and with each other. In the first reading from the Acts of the Apostles tells us about the life in the early church which was centered round, the teaching of apostles, fellowship, breaking of bread and prayer. In the Second Reading from the First Letter of Peter we are reminded of the guarantees that come to us because of all that God has done for us in Jesus Christ. Christ’s resurrection of Christ has won for us a new birth as sons and daughters of God. The church celebrates today the Divine Mercy Sunday, to experience the love and mercy of God given to us in Jesus.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 01:20:30 +0000
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