God's Response to Human Wickedness

About this episode

The episode reflects on the suffering of Christ and his message of peace to those who have sinned against him.

On this Octave Day of Easter we reflect on where we have been since Holy Week. The Church walked with Christ as he suffered so dreadfully from the Garden of Gethsemane to the mount of Calvary to the tomb. Every form of human wickedness and dysfunction and disorder descended upon Jesus, crushing and ultimately killing him. What is his first word to those friends who abandoned and betrayed him in his time of need? It is "Peace." On this Divine Mercy Sunday, may we experience the peace of Jesus towards us repentant sinners, and may we give peace to those who have sinned against us!

Topics covered

• Easter
• human wickedness
• peace
• Divine Mercy Sunday

Keywords

• Holy Week
• repentance
• forgiveness

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