Divine Mercy Sunday, instituted by Pope St. John Paul II during the Great Jubilee year of 2000, is celebrated on the Second Sunday of Easter. Matthew Santucci/CNA Vatican Divine Mercy Sunday and ...

The Gospel of the Second Sunday of Easter is always John 20:19-31, which contains four key elements: John’s account of Jesus’ first appearance to all his Apostles (minus Thomas) on Easter ...

By Kim Ae-ranSince the year 2000, on the second Sunday after Easter, we celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday. On April 30, 2000, Pope John Paul II proclaimed Divine Mercy Sunday and canonized Sister ...

The courage Thomas showed in doubting allowed the risen Christ to ... Did you ever wonder why Thomas was not with the others on that first Easter ... Sunday of Divine Mercy. April 24, 2022.

Second Sunday of Easter. April 27, 2025. Acts 5:12-16 ... Peace communicates divine mercy, ... Our tradition tells us that Thomas did not believe.

Jesus’ merciful words to a doubting St. Thomas reminds us that the Lord does not expect us to be “perfect Christians,” Pope Francis said in his Regina Caeli reflection on Divine Mercy Sunday.

Divine Mercy Sunday is celebrated on the Second Sunday of Easter, the Octave of Easter, which this year is April 11. The feast day is observed by Roman Catholics as well as some Anglicans.

CELEBRATED by the Catholic Church on the Second Sunday of the Easter Season, April 16 this liturgical year, the Divine Mercy rightly extolled as the forgiveness of all sin won by Jesus Christ's ...

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 4, 2024 / 06:00 am. Catholics recognize Easter — when Jesus Christ rose from the dead after sacrificing his life for all of humanity — as the first Sunday after ...

On April 30, 2000, Pope John Paul II declared, during the Canonization homily of the Polish nun Saint Faustina Kowalska, that “The Second Sunday of Easter from now on throughout the Church will ...