Sermon for Misericordias Domini, the Third Sunday of Easter, AD 2026

You probably know it’s easy to be good when everyone is good to you. Jesus in His earthly ministry was continually attacked by the chief priests, scribes, and pharisees. They tried to tempt Him, test Him, and plotted to kill Him. Then there were of course many more well-meaning people making demands on Him. The disciples needed to be taught and not getting it. The people making Him physically weary with their requests. Besides all this, the temptation with the devil for 40 days and nights. Just thinking about that, you would expect a person to get angry, get short with people, resent them, think badly of them. You know that’s how you would be with a task like Jesus has. So many today are overwhelmed with anxiety and depression because of their responsibilities, work, and family conflict. Christ bore all this and more. This was done in His humility, that is, as a man.