Divine Mercy Sunday

Divine Mercy Sunday is celebrated on the final day of the Easter octave – that is the Sunday after Easter. Catholics remember the tremendous love and mercy that Jesus Christ has for us, despite our sinfulness.

The message of Divine Mercy was brought to attention by St. Faustina, a poor, uneducated Polish nun, who received many messages of Our Lord’s divine mercy and recorded them in her diary.

Those who sincerely say ‘Jesus, I trust in You’ will find comfort in all their anxieties and fears… There is nothing more man needs than Divine Mercy – that love which is benevolent, which is compassionate, which raises man above his weakness to the infinite heights to the holiness of God.

St. John Paul II

Click on the appropriate year below to see resources, themes, homilies, games, lesson plans, and more for Divine Mercy Sunday.

Mass Readings for Divine Mercy Sunday Year A

• First Reading – Acts 2:42-47: “They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of bread and to the prayers.”
• Responsorial Psalm – Psalm 118: “Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, his love is everlasting.”
• Second Reading – 1 Peter 1:3-9: “Although you have not seen him you love him; even though you do not see him now yet believe in him, you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy, as you attain the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.”
• Gospel – John 20:19-31: “Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”

Mass Readings for Divine Mercy Sunday Year B

• First Reading – Acts 4:32-35: “The community of believers was of one heart and mind, and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they had everything in common.”
• Responsorial Psalm – Psalm 118: “Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting.”
• Second Reading – 1 John 5:1-6: “And the victory that conquers the world is our faith.”
• Gospel – John 20:19-31: “Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”

Mass Readings for Divine Mercy Sunday Year C

• First Reading – Acts 5:12-16: “Many signs and wonders were done among the people at the hands of the apostles.”
• Responsorial Psalm – Psalm 118: “Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting.”
• Second Reading – Revelation 1:9-11A, 12-13, 17-19: “Do not be afraid. I am the first and the last, the one who lives. Once I was dead, but now I am alive forever and ever. I hold the keys to death and the netherworld.”
• Gospel – John 20:19-31: ““Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe.”