Divine Mercy Sunday April 11, 2021 Second Sunday of Easter - Sacred Heart of Jesus
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April 11, 2021
Second Sunday of Easter
Divine Mercy Sunday
115–50 221st Street, Cambria Heights, NY 11411
Telephone: 718 . 528 . 0577 Fax: 718 . 341 . 0253
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Website: sacredheartny.com
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What is Divine Mercy Sunday?
In a series of revelations to St. Maria Faustina Kowalska in the 1930s, our Lord called for a
special feast day to be celebrated on the Sunday after Easter. Today, we know that feast as
Divine Mercy Sunday, named by Pope St. John Paul II at the canonization of St. Faustina on
April 30, 2000.
The Lord expressed His will with regard to this feast in His very first revelation to
St. Faustina. The most comprehensive revelation can be found in her Diary entry 699:
My daughter, tell the whole world about My inconceivable mercy. I desire that the Feast of
Mercy be a refuge and a shelter for all souls, and especially for poor sinners. On that day
the very depths of My tender mercy are open. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon those
souls who approach the fount of My mercy. The soul that will go to Confession and receive
Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment. On that day
are opened all the divine floodgates through which graces flow. Let no soul fear to draw
near to Me, even though its sins be as scarlet. My mercy is so great that no mind, be it of
man or of angel, will be able to fathom it throughout all eternity. Everything that exists has
come from the very depths of My most tender mercy. Every soul in its relation to Me will
contemplate My love and mercy throughout eternity. The Feast of Mercy emerged from My
very depths of tenderness. It is My desire that it be solemnly celebrated on the first Sunday
after Easter. Mankind will not have peace until it turns to the Fount of My mercy.
In all, St. Faustina recorded 14 revelations from Jesus concerning His desire for this feast.
Nevertheless, Divine Mercy Sunday is NOT a feast based solely on St. Faustina's revelations.
Indeed, it is not primarily about St. Faustina — nor is it altogether a new feast. The Second
Sunday of Easter was already a solemnity as the Octave Day of Easter[1]. The title "Divine
Mercy Sunday" does, however, highlight the meaning of the day.
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Liturgically the Easter Octave has always been centered on the theme of Divine Mercy and forgiveness. Divine Mercy
Sunday, therefore, point us to the merciful love of God that lies behind the whole Paschal Mystery — the whole mystery
of the death, burial and resurrection of Christ — made present for us in the Eucharist. In this way, it also sums up the
whole Easter Octave. As Pope John Paul II pointed out in his Regina Caeli address on Divine Mercy Sunday, 1995: "the
whole octave of Easter is like a single day," and the Octave Sunday is meant to be the day of "thanksgiving for the good-
ness God has shown to man in the whole Easter mystery."
Given the liturgical appropriateness of the title "Divine Mercy Sunday" for the Octave Day of Easter, therefore, the Holy
See did not give this title to the Second Sunday of Easter merely as an "option," for those dioceses who happen to like
that sort of thing! Rather, the decree issued on May 5, 2000, by the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship and The
Discipline of the Sacraments clearly states: "the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II has graciously determined that in the
Roman Missal, after the title Second Sunday of Easter, there shall henceforth be added the appellation ‘or [that is]
Divine Mercy Sunday'…"
Divine Mercy Sunday, therefore, is not an optional title for this solemnity; rather, Divine Mercy is the integral name for
this Feast Day. In a similar way, the Octave Day of the Nativity of Our Lord was named by the Church "The Feast of the
Mother of God."
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Sanctuary Lamp and Altar Candles
Saturday, April 10th
5:00 pm Leonide Laine (B)
Lawrence Gibson (D)
Sunday, April 11th
8:00 am Gemma Lewis and Family
(Special Intentions)
10:00am Averil Matthew (D)
from April 11th to 24th Alex & Martine Bruno (D)
were offered in memory of 12:30pm Andre and Mary Yolande Pamphile
Antenor and Mary Rose Jacob (58 Wedding Anniverary)
requested by Sonia Jacob Anthony Desrouleoux (D)
Amelie Daquin (D)
Stephane Julien (D)
Daily Mass Readings
Monday: Acts 4:23-31/Jn 3:1-8 Monday, April 12th
Tuesday: Acts 4:32-37/Jn 3:7b-15 9:00 am
Wednesday: Acts 5:17-26/Jn 3:16-21 Tuesday, April 13th
9:00 am
Thursday: Acts 5:27-33/Jn 3:31-36
Wednesday, April 14th
Friday: Acts 5:34-42/Jn 6:1-15 9:00 am Jennifer Ganesh (T)
Saturday: Acts 6:1-7/Jn 6:16-21 Roger Trebie (D)
Thursday, April 15th
Sunday: Acts 3:13-15, 17-19/1 Jn 2:1-5a 9:00 am
Lk 24:35-48
Friday, April 16th
MAKE IT A DAILY HABIT 9:00 am Marie Dorothy Elie (D)
TO READ THE BIBLE!
REMEMBERING THE SICK IN OUR PRAYERS...
Theresa Okonta Elliot Haynes Patricia Donellan Michael Popoola Derley Raymond
Jeffrey Brignol Candie Olmstead Murat Raymond Yverose Alexandre Maxime Raymond
Pierre Benjamin Augustina Pitt Myrielle Halle Daniel St-Hubert
Jean Price Brignol Gloria John Keisha Roc Tulie Louis Vignier
Brignol Family Lela Moton Marie Q. Roc Fabrice Lindor
Jn. Claude Fleurival Patrick Jean Ruth Seally Junette Jean
Florence Boutin Steve Ste Rose Margarita Johnson Hank Rogers
Shelly-Ann Bruce Carmene Muscad James Swanston Dr. Carl St– Preux
Myrn Alexandre Genevieve Morin Sadie Swanston Adeline G.S. Chery and all those infected
Lorianne Cauis Cecilie Campayne Eva Nwabueze Marie Rose by the Coronavirus
Myriam St Louis Juste Monarque Jean Adell Tomlinson Leonard Clarke May God restore
Yolande Pierre Ucile Pierre-Louis Ghenane Herbert Joseph Okobi their health. Amen.
Mythe Ste Rose Kingsley Joachim Luce Savaille Alecs Rivera
Irma Ali Denise Briggs Samantha Bartlette Yvette Mondesir And for the protection
Sade Jean-Raymond Alain Beaubrun Anthony Richard Yolene Chery and safety of our
Jahlil Nahser Janet Greene Clinton Francis Susan Legendre frontliners especially
Brenda Alleyne Gilberte Clérier Zelia Green Natalie Bezout those who belong to
our parish. Amen.
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The 2021 Annual Catholic Appeal supports the mission of our
parish and the daily work of the Church in Brooklyn and Queens
in ways no one parish can accomplish alone by supporting the
following ministries:
Catholic Youth Ministry Initiative, Catholic Charities;
Hospital, College and Prison Chaplains; Diocesan Vocations Office;
Catholic Migration Services; Office of Faith Formation; Bishop Mugavero Residence
for infirmed clergy; Futures in Education Scholarship Foundation
All donations made to the ACA above our parish goal are returned directly
back to our parish for operations and improvements.
2021 Annual Catholic Appeal Prayer
God and Father of all gifts, we praise you, the source of all who we are.
Teach us to acknowledge always with generous gratitude the many
good things your infinite love has given us, as together we support the
work of the Church in Brooklyn and Queens.
Open our heart that we may answer your call to follow the message of
the Gospel as disciples in love and service, so that all may come to know
You by the example of our
faith and good works.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
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