April 27 th, 2025 (2 Sunday of Easter C, Divine Mercy Sunday)
Dear brothers and sisters,
Christ is risen! He is truly Risen! Christ wants to demonstrate that he is risen to us. As with the apostles that are still full of fear and locked behind closed doors in the cenacle, he appears to them. Christ wants to win our fears and our doubts appearing resurrected also to us.
Like with Thomas, he wants us to touch him. To see that he is alive and risen in the same wounds where he experienced death and suffering. In the same wounds and sufferings of our life, in the events that scare us, Christ appears, glorious and resurrected. He says to the apostles and to us as well “Peace be with you!” Christ forgives us our sins and he wants to show it and demonstrate it to us today.
For this very reason this second Sunday of Easter is called Divine Mercy Sunday. The Mercy and Peace of Christ that come from encountering him resurrected in our life want to reach us today. As we are touched by this grace of the forgiveness of God, Christ also sends us out on mission, breathing upon us the Holy Spirit and saying to us: “As the Father sent me so I send you.” Christ resurrected and his Divine Mercy wanted to reach every man dispelling our fears and doubts and bringing us his peace and his Holy Spirit.