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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “APOSTOLIC PENITENTIARY DECREE: Indulgences attached to devotions in honour of Divine Mercy” – VaticanVa

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“… Duty of honouring Divine Mercy: The faithful with deep spiritual affection are drawn to commemorate the mysteries of divine pardon and to celebrate them devoutly. They clearly understand the supreme benefit, indeed the duty, that the People of God have to praise Divine Mercy with special prayers and, at the same time, they realize that by gratefully performing the works required and satisfying the necessary conditions, they can obtain spiritual benefits that derive from the Treasury of the Church. “The paschal mystery is the culmination of this revealing and effecting of mercy, which is able to justify man, to restore justice in the sense of that salvific order which God willed from the beginning in man, and through man, in the world” (Encyclical Letter Dives in misericordia, n. 7). …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “From Fear to Faith – A Homily for the Second Sunday of Easter”

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Sacred Heart: Jesus Christ with Right Hand Raised in Blessing

“… Some people want Jesus without the Church. No can do. Jesus is found in His Church, among those who have gathered. There is surely joy to be found in a personal relationship with Jesus, but the Lord also announced a special presence whenever two or three are gathered in His name. It is essential for us to discover how Mass attendance is essential for us if we want to experience the healing and blessing of the Lord. This Gospel has a lot to say to us about the need for us to gather together to find the Lord’s blessing in the community of the Church, in His Word, and in the Sacraments. Let’s look at today’s Gospel in five stages. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “DIVES IN MISERICORDIA” – Divine Mercy Encyclical by Saint John Paul II – VaticanVa

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“It is ‘#God, who is rich in #mercy’ Whom #Jesus #Christ has revealed to us as Father: it is His very Son who, in Himself, has manifested Him and made Him known to us. Memorable in this regard is the moment when Philip, one of the twelve Apostles, turned to Christ and said: ‘Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied’; and Jesus replied: ‘Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me…? He who has seen me has seen the Father.’ These words were spoken during the farewell discourse at the end of the paschal supper, which was followed by the events of those holy days during which confirmation was to be given once and for all of the fact that ‘God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ.’ …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: Catholic Mass Readings: Second Sunday of Easter (Sunday of Divine Mercy) 4.23.17 – USCCB/NABRV

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“… Jesus came and stood in their midst
and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’
When He had said this, He showed them His Hands and His Side.
The Disciples rejoiced …
… 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.’
… a week later … Thomas was with them.
… Jesus said to him, ‘Have you come to believe because you have seen Me?
Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.’ …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: Catholic Mass Readings: Friday in the Octave of Easter 4.21.17 – USCCB/NABRV

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“Jesus revealed Himself again to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias. …
… He said to them, ‘Cast the net over the right side of the boat
and you will find something.’
So they cast it, and were not able to pull it in
because of the number of fish.
So the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, ‘It is the Lord.’
… This was now the third time Jesus was revealed to His Disciples
after being raised from the dead.”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: Catholic Mass Readings: Thursday in the Octave of Easter 4.20.17 – USCCB/NABRV

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“… [Jesus] stood in their midst and said to them,
‘Peace be with you.’
… Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself.
Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones
as you can see I have.’
And as he said this,
he showed them his hands and his feet. …
‘These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you,
that everything written about Me in the law of Moses
and in the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.’ …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “CATALYTIC CONVERTER” – Presentation Ministries

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“… We recognize the risen Christ when: Jesus opens our ‘minds to the understanding of the Scriptures,’ Jesus breaks bread with us (Lk 24:35), that is, gives Himself to us in Holy Communion, we receive the Holy Spirit in a new Pentecost, and we witness for Jesus (see Acts 1:8; Lk 24:48). …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “‘He stood in their midst and said to them: ‘Peace be with you'” – DailyGospel/Saint John Paul II

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“‘He stood in their midst and said to them: ‘Peace be with you”‘ More than ever before we need to hear these words of the Risen Christ: ‘Fear not!’ (Mt 28:10). For people today, who never cease being afraid in their inmost selves and not without reason, it is a necessity… It is an equal necessity for all peoples and nations throughout the world. In the conscience of every human being what is needed is that there should be strengthened the certainty that Someone exists who holds the fate of this passing world in his hands, Someone who undoes the keys of death and hell (Rev 1:18), Someone who is the Alpha and Omega of human history (Rev 22:13) whether this be personal or collective; and, above all, the certainty that this Someone is Love, Love made man, Love crucified and risen, Love unceasingly present in our midst! He is Eucharistic Love. He is the unquenchable source of communion. He is the only one we can unhesitatingly believe when he asks us to ‘Fear not!'”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: Catholic Mass Readings: Wednesday in the Octave of Easter 4.19.17 – USCCB/NABRV

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“… two of Jesus’ Disciples were going
to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus,
and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred.
… Jesus Himself drew near and walked with them,
but their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him.
… beginning with Moses and all the prophets,
He interpreted to them what referred to Him
in all the Scriptures.
… And it happened that, while He was with them at table,
He took bread, said the Blessing,
broke it, and gave it to them.
With that their eyes were opened and they recognized Him,
… they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem
where they found gathered together
the Eleven and those with them who were saying,
‘The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!’
Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way
and how He was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “[‘Their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him’]/Homily 23 on the Gospel” – DailyGospel/ Saint Gregory the Great

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“… the Lord appeared to two disciples while they were walking on the road. They were talking about him, even though they did not believe. He did not show them an appearance which they could recognize, but the Lord behaved before the eyes of their bodies in accord with what was going on inwardly before the eyes of their hearts. … They set the table, brought food, and recognized in the breaking of the bread the God they did not know as He explained the Sacred Scriptures. They were not enlightened by hearing God’s commandments, but by putting them into practice.”

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