April 3rd. Mercy Sunday
Today, Jesus, we celebrate Your divine mercy.
A mercy that we can't really comprehend.
We are sometimes merciful, but, You Jesus, are totally merciful for us all.
Help us to strive to become much more merciful to all those who have hurt us in any way.
Help us to desire to be free of anything that binds us to the past, and keeps us from
truly forgiving those who hurt us.
Help us to see You in them, so that we can feel the Christ in us.
Help us to forgive all.
Amen and Amen.
Thank You Lord, for loving us totally.
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This weeks readings and reflections
Sunday FEEDER SYSTEMS
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"A week later, the disciples were once more in the room, and this time Thomas was
with them. Despite the locked doors, Jesus came." -John 20:26
We have a Church full of doubting Thomases. As Thomas later became a great
missionary and martyr, so these doubting Thomases today are called to renew the
face of the earth in the power of the Holy Spirit (see Ps 104:30). However, they
must first be transformed from having little faith to having strong faith.
We have a Church full of fearful disciples. These Christians acknowledge that Jesus
is risen. However, because these disciples are locked in fear (see Jn 20:19), the
doubting Thomases of the Church find it difficult to believe the fearful disciples.
Fear feeds doubt, and doubt makes us more susceptible to fear, which makes our
doubts worse, trapping us in greater fears and uncertainties.
Jesus broke this very vicious cycle by personally challenging Thomas' doubts and
leading Him to faith. When Thomas cried out: "My Lord and my God" (Jn 20:28), he
prepared the way for the reception of the Holy Spirit by Jesus' disciples at
Pentecost. Because the Holy Spirit is not a spirit of fear but of faith
(see 2 Tm 1:7), after Pentecost Jesus' disciples were fearless in leading others to
faith, fearlessness, and greater faith. Fearlessness feeds faith.
Because you are alive, you are either in a cycle of fear and doubt or a cycle of
fearlessness and faith. On this last day of the octave of Easter, come to the risen
Jesus, Who will put you in the cycle leading to eternal life.
Prayer: Father, in Your mercy, challenge me to repent.
Promise: "There is nothing to fear. I am the First and the Last and the One Who
lives. Once I was dead but now I live - forever and ever. I hold the keys of death
and the nether world." -Rv 1:17-18
Praise: "This is the day the Lord has made; let us be glad and rejoice in it"
(Ps 118:24). Alleluia!
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"The Lord is with you." -Luke 1:28
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"The community of believers were of one heart and one mind. None of them ever
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PM Internet Prayer Requests
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please ask God to help me forgive my father, myself and others and for the
healing of my mind, body and soul Di
(Anonymous, , 4/2/2016 10:55:27 AM)
Fear is useless. LORD please look kindly on the petitions posted and all the
requests said silently in our hearts. JESUS CHRIST HAS RISEN. Thank you.
JESUS I trust in YOU
(Jim, Wisconsin, , 4/2/2016 10:11:00 AM)
I WILL LIKE TO LIVE WITH MY DADDY SO I PRAY PLEASE LET THE PROBATION OFFICER
SHOW MERCY ON MY DADDY AND I
(GIOVANNI , Trinidad and Tobago, 4/2/2016 10:03:13 AM)
I ask for prayers for my son, that God give him the strength, will, and
courage to fight the bondage he is in. Thank you.
(Anonymous, , 4/2/2016 8:59:19 AM)
Lord please forgive me for impure love, help it become pure. Please help me
have more love for H. Please right any dysfunction in family and help us be
Holy.
(Anonymous, , 4/2/2016 8:54:24 AM)
Thank you Lord for another day.Father I pray for your healing power,I'm
having pain in my hand and neck, please touch me with your healing power, in
Jesus name we pray Amen.
(Naa, , 4/2/2016 8:21:03 AM)
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Bible Telephone Line
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Presentation Ministries. The BTL provides callers with a short
teaching on the readings for the daily Mass. It is available 24
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Pope Francis, Shepherd of Truth
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Notable quotations from Pope Francis and official
teachings of the Roman Catholic Church
GOD'S MERCY
EXPERIENCE FIRST HAND
The mercy of God is a proclamation made to the world, a proclamation which each
Christian is called to experience at first hand.
MYSTERY OF GOD'S MERCY
The mystery of divine mercy is revealed in the history of the covenant between
God and His people Israel. God shows Himself ever rich in mercy, ever ready to
treat His people with deep tenderness and compassion ...
GOD'S WAY
Mercy "expresses God's way of reaching out to the sinner, offering him a new
chance to look at himself, convert, and believe" (Misericordiae Vultus), thus
restoring his relationship with him.
(Source: Message for Lent 2016, dated 10/4/2015, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi)
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