St. Matthew Catholic Church

Weekly Message     

           17. Divine Mercy is Our Hope

Dear brothers and sisters,   

      I hope and pray that you and your family celebrated the Easter filled with Joy and Peace. Our next step is to share this joy and peace with others with mercy, as Jesus did to His disciples and friends.

     On this Divine Mercy Sunday, the Church invites us to gaze upon the heart of Jesus - pierced for love of us - and rediscover the hope that comes from His boundless mercy. No matter how broken, lost, or weary we may feel, His mercy reaches deeper still. This is the day when heaven declares: “There is no sin too great for My mercy. Come back to Me.”

     A priest in California was called late one Sunday night to administer the last rites to a dying Catholic man. When he arrived, the man angrily rejected him multiple times. After patiently waiting and returning a third time, the man finally opened up, confessing a tragic accident from forty years ago. While working at a railway, he had caused a fatal crash due to drunken negligence, killing a woman and two children. Haunted by guilt, he had lived a life of isolation and despair. Listening carefully, the priest asked a few details about the accident. Then, to the man’s astonishment, the priest revealed that he had survived that very crash as a boy and had grown up to become a priest. With deep compassion, he said to the dying man, “I forgive you.” Mercy is to share!

     Divine Mercy isn’t just a devotion - it’s a lifeline. It is God leaning down to us in our lowest moments and lifting us up with love. Whether we are like Thomas, doubting, or like the disciples, hiding in fear, Jesus comes through locked doors and says, “Peace be with you.” (John 20:19)  Let our families become THE place of Divine mercy.

Prayers and blessings!

Msgr. Xavier                                        

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