The Second Sunday of Easter is also known as Divine Mercy Sunday. On this day, we celebrate God’s mercy, and we ask God to grant salvation to all humanity. “All” means “all,” all the people who ever lived, all who are alive today, and all who will live in the future. We ask such an amazing request because with God, all things are possible, and God’s love and mercy have no limits.
On this day, we hear of the institution of the Sacrament of Reconciliation that Jesus gave us and that Catholic Christians have celebrated for more than 2,000 years. Specifically, we read:
(Jesus) said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained” (John 20: 21-23).
Today’s photo shows a picture of the Divine Mercy in the mother church of our parish, San Francisco de Asís, in Reitoca.