Liturgical Leaflet for an Active Participation in the Celebration of the Eucharist

27 April 2025 2nd Sunday of Easter / Feast of Jesus, King of Divine Mercy Year C

Beneficiaries and Channels of God’s

God s Merciful Love

T Today, the Second Sunday of Easter, we honor the Risen Christ

under the title of “King of Divine Mercy.” Each of us has surely
experienced the infinite mercy of the Lord in so many ways, in-
cluding the reception of the gift of faith and the forgiveness of our sins.
We should manifest our gratitude to the Lord Jesus for his mercy
toward us by being merciful toward our neighbor, we will be both
the recipients and the channels of God’s merciful love. And our lives
will become living witnesses to Christ’s resurrection and heralds of
his love.
Like the converted Thomas, let us approach the merciful Christ
in this Eucharist and renew our profession of faith by proclaiming
aloud: “My Lord and my God!”

King of Divine Mercy, let us re- est, and on earth peace to people
new the awareness of our many of good will. We praise you,
shortcomings and the need to be we bless you, we adore you, we
purified through his forgiveness. glorify you, we give you thanks
Entrance Antiphon (Pause) for your great glory, Lord God,
(To be recited only when no heavenly King, O God, almighty
Entrance Hymn is sung.) P –Lord Jesus, your mercy is
boundless. Lord, have mer- Father.
Like newborn infants, you cy! Lord Jesus Christ, Only Be-
must long for the pure, spiri- All – Lord, have mercy! gotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of
tual milk, that in him you may God, Son of the Father, you take
grow to salvation, alleluia! P –Lord Jesus you have pro- away the sins of the world, have
(1 Pt 2:2) claimed “blessed” those mercy on us; you take away the
who are merciful. Christ, sins of the world, receive our
Greeting have mercy! prayer; you are seated at the
P – In the name of the Father, All –Christ, have mercy! right hand of the Father, have
and of the Son, and of the Holy mercy on us. For you alone are
P –Lord Jesus, you have com-
Spirit! the Holy One, you alone are the
manded us to be charitable.
All –Amen! Lord, you alone are the Most
Lord, have mercy!
P –The grace of our Lord Jesus All – Lord, have mercy! High, Jesus Christ, with the
Christ, the love of God and the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God
fellowship of the Holy Spirit be P –May almighty God have the Father. Amen!
with you all! mercy on us, forgive us our sins,
All – And with your spirit! and bring us to everlasting life. Collect (Opening Prayer)
All –Amen!
P –God of everlasting mercy,
Penitential Act who in the very recurrence of
Gloria
P –My brothers and sisters, the paschal feast kindle the faith
in the presence of Jesus, our All –Glory to God in the high- of the people you have made

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your own, increase, we pray, the R. M. Velez midst of the lampstands one
grace you have bestowed, that like a son of man, wearing an
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been washed, by whose Spirit When I caught sight of him,
they have been reborn, by whose Give thanks to the Lord for he is I fell down at his feet as though
Blood they have been redeemed. dead. He touched me with his
Through our Lord Jesus C Bb C F right hand and said, “Do not
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reigns with you in the unity of       be afraid. I am the first and the
last, the one who lives. Once I
the Holy Spirit, God, for ever good, his love is e--ver-lasting! was dead, but now I am alive
and ever. forever and ever. I hold the
All – Amen! * Let the house of Israel say, keys to death and the nether-
“His mercy endures forever.” world. Write down, therefore,
Let the house of Aaron say, what you have seen, and what
“His mercy endures forever.” is happening, and what will
Let those who fear the Lord happen afterwards.”
say, “His mercy endures for-
1st Reading Acts 5:12-16 ever.” R. The Word of the Lord!
The Book of Acts tells us how All – Thanks be to God!
* I was hard pressed and was
the Church grew in numbers falling, but the Lord helped
and esteem, thanks also to the Gospel Acclamation Jn 20:29
me. My strength and my cour-
healing power of Peter and the age is the Lord, and he has All – Alleluia! Alleluia!
other Apostles. been my savior. The joyful “You believe in me,
shout of victory in the tents of Thomas, because you
R –A reading from the Acts of the just. R. have seen me,” says the
the Apostles Lord;
* The stone which the build- “blessed are they who
Many signs and wonders ers rejected has become the have not seen me, but still
were done among the people cornerstone. By the Lord has believe!”
at the hands of the apostles. this been done; it is wonderful Alleluia! Alleluia!
They were all together in in our eyes. This is the day the
Solomon’s portico. None of Lord has made; let us be glad Gospel Jn 20:19-31
the others dared to join them, and rejoice in it. R. In today’s passage Jesus ap-
but the people esteemed them. pears to his disciples, sends
Yet more than ever, believers 2nd Reading Rv 1:9-11. them to continue his mission,
in the Lord, great numbers of 12-13.17-19 and bestows on them the power
men and women, were added At the very beginning of his to forgive sins.
to them. prophetic vision, John sees the P –The Lord be with you!
Thus they even carried the Risen Christ, resplendent in his All – And with your spirit!
sick out into the streets and glory and full of life and power.
P – A reading from the holy
laid them on cots and mats R –A reading from the Book of Gospel according to John
so that when Peter came by, Revelation All – Glory to you, O Lord!
at least his shadow might fall
I, John, your brother, who On the evening of that
on one or another of them. A
share with you the distress, the first day of the week, when the
large number of people from
kingdom, and the endurance doors were locked, where the
the towns in the vicinity of Je- we have in Jesus, found myself disciples were, for fear of the
rusalem also gathered, bring- on the island called Patmos Jews, Jesus came and stood in
ing the sick and those dis- because I proclaimed God’s their midst and said to them,
turbed by unclean spirits, and word and gave testimony to “Peace be with you.” When
they were all cured. Jesus. I was caught up in spirit he had said this, he showed
The Word of the Lord! on the Lord’s Day and heard them his hands and his side.
All – Thanks be to God! behind me a voice as loud as a The disciples rejoiced when
trumpet, which said, “Write they saw the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 118 on a scroll what you see.” Jesus said to them again,
Then I turned to see whose “Peace be with you. As the
R –Give thanks to the Lord for voice it was that spoke to me, Father has sent me, so I send
he is good, his love is ever- and when I turned, I saw sev- you.”
lasting! en gold lampstands and in the And when he had said this,

GLOSSARY: • First day of the week: This phrase indicates Sunday, not Monday. For the Jews, in fact, the week ended with the
Sabbath, the day of rest. Jesus rose from death on the day after the “great Sabbath” in which the Jews observed their Passover. The
Church has transferred the day of rest and rejoicing to “the day after the Sabbath” and called it “Day of the Lord” (or Sunday) because
it was on that day that Jesus rose from death, thereby inaugurating the real “Passover” from a humiliating death to a glorious life.

27 April 2025
he breathed on them and said made. For us men and for our ments of God’s healing love. Let
to them, “Receive the Holy salvation he came down from us pray! R.
Spirit. Whose sins you forgive heaven, (bow)* and by the Holy C – For the coming national
are forgiven them, and whose Spirit was incarnate of the Vir- and local elections: May peace
sins you retain are retained.” gin Mary, and became man.* prevail throughout the country,
Thomas, called Didymus, For our sake he was crucified and may we exert every effort
one of the Twelve, was not under Pontius Pilate, he suf- to thwart acts of violence and
with them when Jesus came. fered death and was buried, and cheating. Let us pray! R.
So the other disciples said to
him, “We have seen the Lord.” rose again on the third day in C –For all peoples all over the
But he said to them, “Unless I accordance with the Scriptures. world: that the use of the new
see the mark of the nails in his He ascended into heaven and is technologies will not replace
hands and put my finger into seated at the right hand of the human relationships, will re-
the nailmarks and put my Father. He will come again in spect the dignity of the person,
hand into his side, I will not glory to judge the living and the and will help us face the crises
believe.” dead and his kingdom will have of our times. Let us pray! R.
Now a week later his dis- no end. P –Lord Jesus, King of Mercy,
ciples were again inside and I believe in the Holy Spirit, we thank you for your Easter
Thomas was with them. Je- the Lord, the giver of life, who gifts of peace and forgiveness.
sus came, although the doors proceeds from the Father and May they bring us closer to you
were locked, and stood in their the Son, who with the Father and to one another, and make us
midst and said, “Peace be with and the Son is adored and glori- instruments of your love for all.
you.” Then he said to Thom- fied, who has spoken through You, who are King of Mercy for
as, “Put your finger here and the prophets. ever and ever!
see my hands, and bring your I believe in one, holy, cath- All – Amen!
hand and put it into my side, olic and apostolic Church. I
and do not be unbelieving, but confess one Baptism for the
believe.” Thomas answered forgiveness of sins and I look
and said to him, “My Lord and forward to the resurrection of
my God!” Jesus said to him,
the dead and the life of the world Preparation of the Gifts
“Have you come to believe
because you have seen me? to come. Amen!
P –Pray, brethren . . .
Blessed are those who have not All – May the Lord accept the
seen and have believed.” Prayer of the Faithful sacrifice at your hands, for the
Now Jesus did many other P –Let us open our hearts to praise and glory of his name,
signs in the presence of his dis- the Triune God, the Source of all for our good and the good of
ciples that are not written in mercy and love, and pray with all his holy Church.
this book. humble faith:
But these are written that Prayer over the Offerings
you may come to believe that All – Merciful God, hear our
prayer! P –Accept, O Lord, we pray,
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the oblations of your people
God, and that through this C –For the Church and her (and of those you have brought
belief you may have life in his leaders: May they be an inspi- to new birth), that, renewed by
name. ration to all the faithful through confession of your name and by
The Gospel of the Lord! their dedication, unity, and faith- Baptism, they may attain unend-
All – Praise to you, Lord Jesus fulness to Christ. Let us pray! R. ing happiness.
Christ! C –For all those who are af- Through Christ our Lord.
All – Amen!
Homily flicted by physical, psycholog-
ical or moral illness: May they
Profession of Faith always find healing and relief
Preface of Easter I
(Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed) through the compassion of all P –The Lord be with you!
All –I believe in one God, the Fa- believers. Let us pray! R. All –And with your spirit!
ther almighty, maker of heaven P –Lift up your hearts!
and earth, of all things visible C –For those who, like Thom- All –We lift them up to the
and invisible. as, find it hard to believe in Lord!
I believe in one Lord Jesus the Resurrection: May they be P –Let us give thanks to the
Christ, the Only Begotten Son helped by the witness of the Lord our God!
Christian community to over- All –It is right and just!
of God, born of the Father be-
come their unbelief. Let us
fore all ages. God from God, P –It is truly right and just, our
pray! R.
Light from Light, true God from duty and our salvation, at all
true God, begotten, not made, C –For those who administer times to acclaim you, O Lord,
consubstantial with the Father; the Sacrament of Penance: May but in this time above all, to
through him all things were they always be worthy instru- praise you yet more gloriously,
2nd Sunday of Easter (C)
when Christ our Passover has Communion Antiphon –May God, in His saving
been sacrificed. (To be recited only when no love, dispel your doubts
For he is the true Lamb who Communion Hymn is sung.) and lead you to fully be-
has taken away the sins of the Bring your hand and feel lieve in Him.
world; by dying he has de- the place of the nails, and do All – Amen!
stroyed our death, and by ris- not be unbelieving but believ-
ing, alleluia! P –May you experience deep-
ing, restored our life.
ly His merciful love in the
Therefore, overcome with (Cf Jn 20:27) sacraments and in the peo-
paschal joy, every land, every
people exults in your praise and ple around you.
Prayer after Communion All – Amen!
even the heavenly Powers, with P –Grant, we pray, almighty
the angelic hosts, sing together God, that our reception of this P –As you have experienced
the unending hymn of your glo- paschal Sacrament may have a His mercy, may you be-
ry, as they acclaim: come His instruments
continuing effect in our minds
All – Holy, holy, holy Lord, of love and mercy to the
and hearts.
God of hosts. Heaven and world.
Through Christ our Lord.
earth are full of your glory. All – Amen! All – Amen!
Hosanna in the highest!
P – May almighty God bless
Blessed is he who comes in
you: the Father, and the
the name of the Lord. Hosan-
Son, and the Holy Spirit.
na in the highest! All – Amen!
Memorial Acclamation P –The Lord be with you. P –Go in peace.
P –The mystery of faith! All – And with your spirit! Alleluia! Alleluia!
All – We proclaim your Death, P –Bow your heads and pray All – Thanks be to God.
O Lord, and profess your for God’s blessing. (Pause) Alleluia! Alleluia!
Resurrection until you
come again!
MY LORD AND MY GOD!
DOUBT ACKNOWLEDGED; FAITH PROFESSED
Kalakbay at Katoto

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All – Our Father . . . iding, fear, wounds in the Many people are left wounded,
P –Deliver us, Lord . . . hands and side, locked doors, bruised and battered by so much
All –For the kingdom, the absence, doubt … these negative suffering most of them caused
power, and the glory are
yours, now and for ever. sounding words simply seem to by conditions and situations they
stand out of today’s readings like have no control over. The doubting
Sign of Peace a sore thumb. Not much of a good disease has worsened dramati-
Breaking of the Bread material for good news, you say? cally ever since doubting Thomas
All – Lamb of God, you take uttered his famous words: “Unless
away the sins of the world: Indeed … so it seems, for modern I see the nails in his hands and put
have mercy on us. (2×) people like us always want things my finger into the nail marks and
Lamb of God, you take clearly laid out on the table for put my hand into his side, I will
away the sins of the world: certainty and security. We want not believe.”
grant us peace. things written down all the time in
black and white.. We want clear I do not know, nor want to specu-
Communion proofs. We want to be sure of what late here the reason for Thomas’
P –Behold the Lamb of God, we are getting ourselves into each absence. But we do know that
behold him who takes away the time. Everything must be spelled he eventually surfaced. And as
sins of the world. Blessed are out clearly and unequivocally. a pastoral counselor, I know of
those called to the Supper of the one more sure thing. Thomas
Lamb.
All – Lord, I am not worthy Let us face it. There is a whole acknowledged his doubt. Thomas
that you should enter under my lot of hiding in the world today. did not hide his unbelief. Thomas
roof, but only say the word and Some hide their real incomes from was honest enough to tell his fel-
my soul shall be healed. government to avoid paying taxes. low disciples that his faith meant

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more than just a facetious and shallow acquiescence but that we believe on the basis of the Church’s –
or thoughtless agreement to what others tell him. and others’ word. For indeed, the Lord did many
Thomas was an avid and passionate searcher for other signs that are not written. But on the basis of
the truth. her preaching and teaching and witnessing, people
believed.
The world that we live in is mired in so much un-
certainty and doubt, even as it reels under the ever St. Thomas, help us in our unbelief.
darkening clouds of fear and insecurity all over. Cyn-
ics and critics of the teaching authority of the Church
and Her magisterium abound, even among those who
are supposed to defend her. Prayer for the Grace to Be Merciful to Others
(St. Faustina Kowalska)
In this second Sunday of Easter we are reminded of O Most Holy Trinity!
a great lesson that comes from one who has been As many times as I breathe,
receiving a bad rap for so long – Thomas the doubter. as many times as my heart beats,
Thomas did the one important and right thing. Ac- As many times as my blood pulsates through my body,
knowledging his doubt, he turned right back to the so many thousand times do I want to glorify Your mercy.
faith community – the community of disciples. Thomas I want to be completely transformed into Your mercy
turned right back to the “Church.” True enough, and to be your living reflection, O Lord.
based on the promise of Christ, his “Lord and God” May the greatest of all Divine attributes,
that of Your unfathomable Mercy,
was there. It was in the context of a believing com-
pass to my neighbor through my heart and soul.
munity that Thomas found the object of his search. Help me, O Lord, that my eyes may be merciful,
Once found, there was no need for superficial proofs. so that I may never suspect or judge from appearances,
Once seen, there was no need for “peripheral” and but always look for what is beautiful
non-essential visions. He did not need to touch the in my neighbor’s souls
hands nor the side of him whom he called “My Lord and come to their rescue.
and my God.” Help me, that my ears may be merciful,
so that I may give heed to my neighbor’s needs,
The Risen Lord revealed and showed Himself to him and not be indifferent to their pains and moanings.
who searched sincerely and honestly. Help me, O Lord, that my tongue may be merciful,
so that I should never speak negatively of others,
but have a word of comfort and forgiveness for all.
Over the past few decades, we have seen the sad
Help me, O Lord, that my hands may be merciful
reality of people leaving the Church not because they and filled with good deeds,
hate the Church per se, but really because they hate so that I may do only good to my neighbor
what they (mistakenly) think the Church (and their and always try to take upon myself
faith) is. A whole lot of ignorance coupled with preju- the more difficult and toilsome tasks.
dice, and helped by the teaching of false prophets, Help me, O Lord, that my feet may be merciful,
lead people away. But we also see people returning to so that I may hurry to assist my neighbor,
the fold, people wanting to be admitted to the Church overcoming my own fatigue and weariness.
once again, because they did the right thing. They My true rest is in the service of my neighbor.
investigated their doubt and resolved their doubt, not Help me, O Lord, that my heart may be merciful,
with anger, not with resentment, but with a whole lot so that I myself may feel all the sufferings of my neighbor.
of sincerity and honesty, and I hasten to add, a lot I will refuse my heart to no one.
of hard work. And they did that one important thing. I will be sincere even with those who, I know,
will abuse my kindness.
They sought for the truth in the context of the guardian
I will lock myself up in the most merciful Heart of Jesus,
and safekeeper and proclaimer par excellence of that and I will bear my own suffering in silence.
truth – the Church of Jesus Christ, one, holy, catholic May your mercy, O Lord, rest upon me!
and apostolic Church. (Diary, 163)

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