The Second Sunday of Easter
ACTS 2: 42-47; 1 PET 1:3-9; JN 20:19-31 (YEAR A)
‘You did not see him, yet you love him; and still without seeing him, you are already filled with a joy so glorious that it cannot be described, because you believe; and you are sure of the end to which your faith looks forward, that is, the salvation of your souls.”
The First Letter of St Peter describes the power of the Risen Lord transforming the hearts of those who had responded to his proclamation of the Resurrection. Although they had never seen Jesus, they had been touched by the same love that had raised Jesus from the dead. Christ was alive in them. Their lives, once so distracted and lacking in direction, had found new hope.
