In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, I met,

My Lord and my God, I firmly believe that you are here, that you see me, that you hear me.

I adore you with profound reverence.

I ask your pardon for my sins and the grace to make this time of prayer fruitful.

My immaculate Mother St. Joseph, my father and Lord, my guardian angel, intercede for me.

During this highest point of the liturgical year, the greatest feast was celebrated, the solemnity of the

resurrection of Jesus, and the following days until we celebrate the octave of the resurrection.

So every day is an Easter celebration. Today is Easter Friday. And the octave now, thanks to John Paul, St. John Paul,

culminates in another big feast called Mercy Sunday that is intimately linked with the resurrection.

And when we stare at the blessed sacrament and adore the Blessed Sacrament, the resurrection takes on a special meaning because the Eucharist is the true presence of Jesus resurrected.

And when we celebrate the Mass, we commemorate the resurrection. The representation of Jesus' redemptive sacrifice

on the cross, but the cross always finishes with the resurrection. So it's a celebration

of the resurrection as well. The true presence of Jesus, under the appearance of bread

and wine, is the resurrected Jesus.

Who is Jesus, and why this celebration of mercy Sunday?

This devotion to the mercy of Jesus has been always the case.

St. Thomas Aquinas said that our Lord's most salient perfection, his most prominent perfection,

his most attractive perfection is mercy. And when St. Luke quotes Jesus, as Jesus wraps up

his sermon on the mount, and says, you must be perfect as my Heavenly Father is perfect. That's Matthew.

But Luke is very much into the mercy of Christ. He's sensitive because originally his

gospel was written for the Gentile. So there's a lot of stress on mercy. He's the one

who narrates the parable of the prodigal son. And he says, be compassionate, be merciful as your heavenly father is merciful.

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