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Old 04-11-2010, 11:56 AM
 
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Just curious what was taught at mass today.
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Old 04-11-2010, 05:37 PM
 
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No Catholics here today?
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Old 04-11-2010, 07:42 PM
 
Location: Bedford County, Va.
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Just curious what was taught at mass today.
Kind of a strange question. Not sure if you're legitimately asking or if it's bait

My priest talked about the day being the Feast of Divine Mercy and that being kind and forgiving someone who's deserving of such is not mercy, but justice. Mercy is bestowing forgiveness when the person doesn't at all deserve it; a difficult act in many cases. He related it to God being mercifully on humankind.
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Old 04-11-2010, 07:46 PM
 
Location: NW Montana
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If you want more information.
Background of the Divine Mercy Devotion
Romans 3:23
Peace unto you
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Old 04-11-2010, 09:19 PM
 
Location: Salt Lake City
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Kind of a strange question. Not sure if you're legitimately asking or if it's bait

My priest talked about the day being the Feast of Divine Mercy and that being kind and forgiving someone who's deserving of such is not mercy, but justice. Mercy is bestowing forgiveness when the person doesn't at all deserve it; a difficult act in many cases. He related it to God being mercifully on humankind.
Bait, clearly.
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Old 04-11-2010, 09:22 PM
 
Location: Texas
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My priest talked about the day being the Feast of Divine Mercy and that being kind and forgiving someone who's deserving of such is not mercy, but justice. Mercy is bestowing forgiveness when the person doesn't at all deserve it; a difficult act in many cases. He related it to God being mercifully on humankind.
Excellent teaching. Reminds me of "If you love only those who love you, why should you get credit for that? Even sinners love those who love them!"
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Old 04-13-2010, 07:00 AM
 
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Bait, clearly.

No, it's not "bait". It's what was discussed and paired with the following Bible readings.



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Lectionary: 45

Reading 1
Responsorial Psalm
Reading 2
Gospel

April 11, 2010
Second Sunday of Easter

Reading 1
Acts 5:12-16
Many signs and wonders were done among the people
at the hands of the apostles.
They were all together in Solomon’s portico.
None of the others dared to join them, but the people esteemed them.
Yet more than ever, believers in the Lord,
great numbers of men and women, were added to them.
Thus they even carried the sick out into the streets
and laid them on cots and mats
so that when Peter came by,
at least his shadow might fall on one or another of them.
A large number of people from the towns
in the vicinity of Jerusalem also gathered,
bringing the sick and those disturbed by unclean spirits,
and they were all cured.

Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24
Responsorial Psalm
R. (1) Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Let the house of Israel say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
Let the house of Aaron say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
Let those who fear the LORD say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
R. Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting.
or:
R. Alleluia.
I was hard pressed and was falling,
but the LORD helped me.
My strength and my courage is the LORD,
and he has been my savior.
The joyful shout of victory
in the tents of the just:
R. Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting.
or:
R. Alleluia.
The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
By the LORD has this been done;
it is wonderful in our eyes.
This is the day the LORD has made;
let us be glad and rejoice in it.
R. Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting.
or:
R.</SPAN> Alleluia.

Rev 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19
Reading 2
I, John, your brother, who share with you
the distress, the kingdom, and the endurance we have in Jesus,
found myself on the island called Patmos
because I proclaimed God’s word and gave testimony to Jesus.
I was caught up in spirit on the Lord’s day
and heard behind me a voice as loud as a trumpet, which said,
“Write on a scroll what you see.”
Then I turned to see whose voice it was that spoke to me,
and when I turned, I saw seven gold lampstands
and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man,
wearing an ankle-length robe, with a gold sash around his chest.

When I caught sight of him, I fell down at his feet as though dead.
He touched me with his right hand and said, “Do not be afraid.
I am the first and the last, the one who lives.
Once I was dead, but now I am alive forever and ever.
I hold the keys to death and the netherworld.
Write down, therefore, what you have seen,
and what is happening, and what will happen afterwards.”

Jn 20:19-31
Gospel
On the evening of that first day of the week,
when the doors were locked, where the disciples were,
for fear of the Jews,
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 when they saw the Lord.
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you.
As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”
And when he had said this, 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.”

Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve,
was not with them when Jesus came.
So the other disciples said to him, “We have seen the Lord.”
But he said to them,
“Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands
and put my finger into the nailmarks
and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”

Now a week later his disciples were again inside
and Thomas was with them.
Jesus came, although the doors were locked,
and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.”
Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands,
and bring your hand and put it into my side,
and do not be unbelieving, but believe.”
Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
Jesus said to him, “Have you come to believe because you have seen me?
Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”

Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples
that are not written in this book.
But these are written that you may come to believe
that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,
and that through this belief you may have life in his name.
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Old 05-08-2010, 05:17 PM
 
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Kind of a strange question. Not sure if you're legitimately asking or if it's bait

My priest talked about the day being the Feast of Divine Mercy and that being kind and forgiving someone who's deserving of such is not mercy, but justice. Mercy is bestowing forgiveness when the person doesn't at all deserve it; a difficult act in many cases. He related it to God being mercifully on humankind.
Thank you. That is rich!

Sorry I didn't post to this till now as I had forgotten about asking my question.
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