"I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon those souls who approach the fount of my mercy”. This day we are invited to approach the throne of Mercy and cry out with St. Thomas: "My Lord and My God" (Jn 20:28). Thus does Deacon Keith Fournier begin his reflection on Divine Mercy Sunday, the Second Sunday of Easter, which can be read in it's entirety at Catholic Online. In his reflection, Deacon Fournier links Sunday's Gospel narrative of Thomas, the doubting apostle, with the Feast Day of Divine Mercy. He quotes a homily given by Pope St. Gregory the Great who said:
“Surely it was not by chance that this chosen disciple was missing in the first place? Or that on his return he heard, that hearing he doubted, that doubting he touched, and that touching he believed? It was by divine dispensation and not by chance that things so fell out. God’s Mercy worked wonderfully, for when that doubting disciple touched his Master’s wounded flesh he cured the wound of our disbelief… So this doubting disciple, who actually touched, became a witness to the reality of the resurrection”
Please see Deacon Fourniers complete article for an inspiring look into both Divine Mercy Sunday and the witness of St. Thomas the Apostle.
To learn more about the origins of Divine Mercy Sunday, and Pope John Paull II's role in it's establishment as a Church Feast Day, visit DivineMercy.org . To learn more about St. Faustina visit Faustina.org and AmericanCatholic.org .
If you would like information on how to pray the Chaplette of Divine Mercy, visit Catholocity.com.
Finally, enjoy the following video by Matthew Baute, "It is Mercy."
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