MY PERSONAL SUNDAY REFLECTION
Divine Mercy Sunday, the Sunday after
Easter
Today as we read in the gospel, we saw
how our Lord confirmed the doubts of the doubting Thomas and coincidentally we
also celebrate today the Divine Mercy Sunday as revealed to Sister Faustina but
was accepted by the Church. Both the
gospel and the Divine Mercy devotion points us to the wounds of Christ. It may be a bit off tangent to speak about
wounds at Easter, but that is the reality, our woundedness is a present reality,
the wounds of Christ are with Him to give us a window and a door to the
infinite grace of God, the Father.
Perhaps as long as we are in this world
or this mortal state of life, we can never truly phantom the mystery of sin. The
wounds that we have are the product of our sinfulness. The wounds we inflict on others is also the
product of our sinfulness. The wounds of
Christ is also the product of sin, not of His for Christ can never sin, but a
reflection of our sin whom He accepted on or behalf and to ransom us from the
bondage of sin.
Let us not be doubting Thomases, but
believe in the power of God and in the grace that is in Jesus Christ. For as we touch His wounded side, and look
into His wounds there we can find healing and solace. Jesus, in a private revelation to Sis.
Faustina said that those who are devoted to His passion are dear to His heart
and that they will obtain great mercy in this life and on the Last Day. On this Divine Mercy Sunday let us draw near
to the heart of Christ through the Eucharist.
Let us consider the partaking of His Body and Blood a means of touching
those wounds of Christ. For as we
touched those wounds we see Christ Himself, crucified and now glorified. For eye have not seen nor ear heard of all
the things that God has promised to those who love Him. For we who seek immortality must seek to be
good and to do good. May the Blood and
Water that gushed out from the side of Christ bring us to Eternal Life. Amen.
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