Sunday 28th April 2019
SECOND SUNDAY of EASTER DIVINE MERCY + Morning Masses 8.30 & 10.15am Evening 6pm DIVINE MERCY DEVOTIONS & CONFESSIONS 2.30pm at OUR LADY OF LOURDES & ST JOSEPH Leigh on Sea SS9 1MG ____________________________________________________________________ Breath of New Life: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Second Sunday of Easter. Readings: Acts 5:12–16 Psalm 118:2–4 , 13–15 , 22–24 Revelation 1:9–13 , 17–19 John 20:19–31 The prophet Daniel in a vision saw “One like the Son of Man” receive everlasting kingship (see Daniel 7:9–14 ). John is taken to heaven in today’s Second Reading where he sees Daniel’s prophecy fulfilled in Jesus, who appears as “One like a Son of Man.” Jesus is clad in the robe of a High Priest (see Exodus 28:4 ; Wisdom 18:24 ) and wearing the gold sash of a king (see 1 Maccabees 10:89 ). He has been exalted by the right hand of the Lord, as we sing in today’s Psalm. His risen body, which the Apostles touch i