April 19th Divine Mercy Sunday
Jesus, Your mercy is without bounds.
Your mercy is a bright light that shines in the darkness of sin.
Your mercy is unending and Your love unbeatable.
You are a God of mercy and of love.
You are the light of the world, and Your love and mercy lifts us up anytime we turn to You.
You always call us into a relationship of love, trust and mercy.
Help us in our struggle to be free of sin, and continue to shower down on us the love and mercy that
is pure love.
Amen and Amen.
Thank You Lord, for loving us totally.
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This weeks readings and reflections
Sunday THE DIFFERENCE A WEEK MAKES?
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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
The octave of the first Easter was disappointing and uneventful for the apostles. On the evening of the
day of Jesus' Resurrection, Jesus sent His apostles to proclaim His Gospel (Jn 20:21), but eight days
later they were still paralyzed by fear and behind locked doors (see Jn 20:26). You can see why Thomas,
not present a week earlier, did not believe that Jesus was risen from the dead. However, the Lord had
mercy on the apostles after they were unfaithful to Him so many times. He came to them once again and was
even willing to subject Himself to Thomas prodding His wounds (Jn 20:27).
Possibly the octave of Easter has been disappointing for you also. You may have even sinned against the
risen Lord. You may be concealing Jesus' Resurrection more than revealing it. Nevertheless, Jesus comes
to you once again with rays of mercy coming from His wounded heart.
Jesus gives us mercy primarily by commanding us to "receive the Holy Spirit" (Jn 20:22) and receive a new
Pentecost. The Holy Spirit is "the Spirit of truth" (Jn 16:13). He will make us true to the Lord and not
unfaithful. The Holy Spirit will produce the fruit of love in us (Gal 5:22), and we will stop our sinful
rejection of the Lord and our disobedience to Him. By Jesus' mercy and the power of the Holy Spirit, we
will be witnesses for the risen Christ and truly celebrate Easter. "Lord, have mercy. Come, Holy Spirit!"
Prayer: Father, make Divine Mercy Sunday one of the most important days of my life because of my love for
You.
Promise: "They devoted themselves to the apostles' instruction and the communal life." -Acts 2:42
Praise: God "saved us; not because of any righteous deeds we had done, but because of His mercy" (see Ti 3:5).
Monday OUR ONLY NEED
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"The place where they were gathered shook as they prayed. They were filled with the Holy Spirit." -Acts 4:31
Tuesday MAKE EASTER SPECIAL
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"With power the apostles bore witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus." -Acts 4:33
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Heal us inside and out. Help our marriage. Thank you for all the blessings love and acceptance.
(Anonymous, , 4/14/2020 6:52:47 AM)
Please heal us inside and out. Please help our marriage. Thank you for all the blessings love and
acceptance.
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Thank you Lord for another day. Father I pray for my family,Lord help us to forgive each other in
Jesus name we pray Amen.
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Fear is useless. LORD please look kindly on the petitions posted and all he requests said silently
in our hearts. Thank you JESUS for this past day. Please help us humans fight the virus.
(Jim, Wisconsin, , 4/14/2020 12:19:18 AM)
for protection for America from civil unrest and famine, for deliverance from the scourge of covid
19, for repentance and conversion. for deliverance of this nation from anger and strife. for special
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A pray of thanksgiving to God, all the saints, and St. Apollonia who helped my hopeless cause. My
teeth are stronger now... Thank You! Thank Lord, Mary, Apollonia, and all saints.
(Anonymous, , 4/13/2020 7:43:22 PM)
Thank you Abba, for your abundant love, forgiving nature and mercy. Thank you for sending even your
only begotten son, our Lord Jesus Christ for our salvation. Thank you for all saints and angels,
cherubim and seraphim and the seven arch angels with multitude of all holy angels. In Jesus' name. Amen
(Anish & Chris, , 4/13/2020 2:50:54 PM)
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The Bible Telephone Line (BTL) has been in operation for 28 years. Begun by Fr. Al in 1991, it now
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Fortville, IN and Darlene Davis of Greenfield, IN.. The BTL provides callers with a short teaching on
the readings for the daily Mass. It is available 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. Callers may also
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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
END HUNGER
"WE MUST DO BETTER"
We are all called to go further. We can and we must do better for the helpless. We must move to concrete
action, so that the scourge of hunger disappears completely.
WE CAN DO IT
We do indeed have the adequate means and framework so that beautiful words and good wishes may become an
action plan of substance that leads effectively to the eradication of hunger in our world. To this end we
need joint efforts, upright hearts, and persistent concern to firmly and resolutely make the other's
problems one's own.
"LACK OF POLITICAL WILL"
There is a fundamental lack of political will. What is needed is the willingness to end hunger, and this
ultimately will not happen without a moral conviction that is shared by all peoples and all religious
persuasions, where the integral good of the person is at the heart of all initiatives and consists in
"doing to another what we would want done to ourselves."
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