Divine Mercy Sunday – 12th April 2026
Dear brothers and sisters,
Today’s Gospel begins with closed doors. The disciples are locked inside, not only in a house, but in fear, disappointment, and guilt. They saw Jesus die. They ran away. They failed. And now they do not know what comes next. Everything seems lost.
And exactly there, in that closed place, Jesus comes.
He does not wait for them to change. He does not wait for them to become better. He does not wait for them to overcome their fears. He comes just as they are. And the first word he says is: “Peace be with you.”
This is the first gift of the Resurrection: peace. Not a superficial peace, not the absence of problems, but a deep peace that comes from the fact that Jesus is alive. A peace that tells us: death has not won, sin has not won, fear has not won.
That is why Divine Mercy Sunday is not separate from Easter. It is the heart of Easter. It is as if God is saying to us: “The Resurrection is not only a beautiful story. The Resurrection is mercy for you.”
Jesus does not come back to judge. He comes back to forgive. He does not come with reproach, but with wounds. And these wounds are no longer signs of suffering – they are signs of love.
This is very important: the risen Jesus still has wounds. He shows them. He does not hide them. Because through them he says: “I love you to the end.” His wounds become the place where we can find ourselves, where we understand that no sin is greater than his love.