DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY HOMILY

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY

ACTS 2:42-47; 

1 PETER 1:3-9; 

JOHN 20:19-31 

SHALOM Dear friends. We are privileged to celebrate this noble second Sunday of Easter that's Divine Mercy Sunday.

This title reminds me of a conversation I had recently with a young girl...whilst at home after Easter Sunday, this young girl came to visit me and asked me if really God is merciful. The reason for her query was because there's too much pain and suffering in the world, there's more fear that people are locked in their rooms because of covid-19. Yes I told her God remains merciful and in fact I reminded her the coming Sunday ( today ) we shall celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday.

Like this young girl, many of us still ask where's Divine mercy in all this suffering? Is God really caring? To some, is God really there? All thirst is because of fear of death. We all want good for ourselves and loved ones, no one wants death in their homesteads.

But the world that's full of materials and selfishness suffered more even bedsore covid-19. In fact there's more fear in the past; political temperatures were higher, level of corruption was beyond, manner of media news was too personal attacking  one man.

It's this same fear that the disciples of Christ encountered after the resurrection as depicted in the Gospel passage and the first reading.They were locked in their rooms, but alas! Christ came in their midst with words of peace. Peace defeats fears, Christ knew they were afraid and this needed peace.

For St. Maria Faustian Kowalska in her diary number 2, she asserts " when I look in to the future, I am frightened, but why plunge in to the future?".  This Saint teaches us to live the present moment but still with hope of future because the future is in God's hands.

How then can a fearful planet dream of future? The second reading invites us to see to it that there's future for us if and only if we make Christ the centre of this world. We are hopeful of the vaccine but our hope should transcend Corona since there's life after Corona.

As we all look upon the Divine mercy, we should as well seek this mercy. But how in this situation? Make merry with the vulnerable, utilise your time and come closer to God with your family and the community you live in, above all encourage each other amidst this situation as a community of believers, share with your fellow members of small Christian communities not only spiritual articles, also know how your neighbors are faring.

Wishing you all fruitful Divine Mercy Sunday. May the peace of Christ be our guide and hope.

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