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2026-04-12 Divine Mercy Sunday  Acts 2:42-47 Acts 2:42-47 summarises the daily life of the earliest Christian community in Jerusalem; marked by redistribution of resources. “From each according to his ability; to each according to his need,” - the communal living called 'Koinōnia' meant the community as a whole provided food for the hungry, resources for the impoverished, and burial assistance for the marginalised. Luke's Gospel and Acts both portray the material excess of the wealthy as a hindrance to spiritual access to the community of Christ. The Rich Man (often called "Dives") awakens in an afterlife of a fiery hellscape because of his neglect of the poor man Lazarus (Luke 16:19–31). We can also see this with Zacchaeus, who gained his wealth from being Rome’s chief collector of the financial penalty that Judeans had to pay for being conquered (Luke 19:1–10). Only after he says that he will pay back what he extorted does Jesus tell him that salvation has come ...

  Second Sunday of Easter Acts 4:32-35 Who is my neighbor? This passage is to challenge us, to shake us and poke us when we have become too unquestioning and comfortable about our own way of living our faith. Do we even stop to think that people are not created to serve the economy but rather the economy should serve the people. Psalm 118 The cornerstone is sometimes translated to mean the capstone which is the very center stone at the top of an arch; it is truly what holds all the other pieces together. Without it, the arch would definitely fall. And so it is with us. Jesus is so crucial for our lives today. Without Him we would surely fall. John 5:1-6 This is a pastoral letter to churches in conflict––written to address the conflict of some who denied the Incarnation and the deity of Jesus and to prevent its spread. They could not accept that Jesus (the man) is the Christ (the messiah, the spiritual entity). They could accept that Jesus (the man) was “born of God the Father.” . I...