Category: HOMILIES

The homily for the Divine Mercy Sunday is based on John 20:19-31.

This, I must say, is one bizarre reunion. 

I suppose you could say they’ve had some kind of falling out. When they were most needed, the disciples deserted their master and left him to the mercy of his enemies. Of course they couldn’t have saved him even if they had wanted to, but you can’t help but ask: Couldn’t they have accompanied him at least, elbowed their way through that mob, and stood there under his cross till his last breath? 

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Our Lord’s entry to Jerusalem has been usually called “triumphant.” How else, after all, to describe the throng of people waving palms, laying their cloaks on the road, and shouting “Hosanna”?

But when we think about it, it’s really triumphant only on the surface.