Scripture Study For Divine Mercy Sunday

This Sunday, the 2nd Sunday of Easter, is also Divine Mercy Sunday:

The Great Mercy Pope
Pope John Paul II, both in his teaching and personal life, strove to live and teach the message of Divine Mercy. As the great Mercy Pope, he wrote an encyclical on Divine Mercy:

"The Message of Divine Mercy has always been near and dear to me… which I took with me to the See of Peter and which it in a sense forms the image of this Pontificate."

In his writings and homilies, he has described Divine Mercy as the answer to the world’s problems and the message of the third millennium. He beatified and canonized Sr. Maria Faustina Kowalska, the nun associated with the message, and he did it in Rome and not in Poland to underscore that Divine Mercy is for the whole world.

Establishing Divine Mercy Sunday for the Entire Church
When Pope John Paul canonized Sr. Faustina (making her St. Faustina), he also, on the same day [April 18, 1993], surprised the entire world by establishing Divine Mercy Sunday (the feast day associated with the message) as a feast day for the entire Church. The feast day falls on the Second Sunday of the Easter season. On that day, Pope John Paul II declared, "This is the happiest day of my life."

Source: http://www.thedivinemercy.org/message/johnpaul/index.php

Here are the Mass readings, from the website of the U.S Catholic Bishops (USCCB): http://www.usccb.org/nab/readings/041909.shtml

And a study/meditation from my website:http://members.cox.net/fidelis927/this_week.htm
Charitible comments and discussion are always welcome! Have a blessed, holy and joyful Easter season.