SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER/DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY C Lectionary #45
Beginning on this Sunday, the second reading for each Sunday of the Easter Season is taken from Revelation. Preachers may want to pay some attention to this set of readings, especially because of the way Revelation is misinterpreted in our days as a book that gives clues to the end of the world. Musicians may want to attend to it by planning to use music that has an eschatological tone, and even to use some selections that incorporate the hymn texts found in Revelation, esp. Rev. 19:1-7, which is used at evening prayer.
Though this Sunday bears the additional title “Divine Mercy,” the devotion to the Divine Mercy should not be incorporated into Mass, nor should the readings and other texts for the Octave/Second Sunday of Easter be replaced, nor should the image of the Divine Mercy be displayed in the sanctuary during Mass. Because the devotion is not required of the faithful, no one should be forced to take part in it who may not want to. The service might take place, however, at a time apart from the regular Mass schedule.
This day in 2010 is also Yom HaShoah—the commemoration of the Holocaust. See the next set of suggestions for ideas about observing this remembrance.

Acts 5:12-16. Each year, in the first readings of the Easter Season, we hit the highlights of Luke's account of life in the early church. Here, the text describes the unique role of Peter and the awe in which he was held, even by non-believers.

Psalm of the Day: Ps (117) 118
As noted for Easter Sunday, this individual song of thanksgiving becomes for us Jesus' own celebration of the resurrection and our assurance that the "rejected stone" of the crucified Christ has become the "cornerstone" of our faith.

Dad Gracias al Señor (Taulé) FYC 259
Den Gracias al Señor (Cortés) Cantos 76
Alleluia   PSL 75/SS
Give Thanks to the Lord (Alstott)   JS 96/BB
Give Thanks to the Lord (Boschetti/Fowler)  CBW 91
Give Thanks to the Lord (Guimont)    GC2 988/LPMG 43, 44, 45
Give Thanks to the Lord (Hopson)   PMB 618/PRM C57/WS
Give Thanks to the Lord/Den Gracias al Señor    SS
Give Thanks to the Lord (Schiavone)   JS 923/LP 66
Give Thanks to the Lord (Smith)  GP 264/MI‑BB/SP4 56
Give Thanks to the Lord (Waddell/Gelineau)  WOR 838/RS 159/LPGG 843

Suggested Common Psalm: Ps (117) 118
See suggestions for Easter Sunday.

Revelation 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19. The introduction to the final book of the Christian Bible places John in exile on the island of Patmos, where he has a vision on a Sunday. The imagery is drawn from various apocalyptic books of the Hebrew Bible. Jesus appears as the Christ in a cosmic role, holding the keys of death and invoking the role of the Creator as the “first and the last, the one who lives.”

John 20:19-31. In John the resurrection appearance to the disciples happens on Easter Sunday evening, when Christ appears bringing a gift that the Bible says comes directly from God: peace, shalom. Not only does he bring this gift, Christ shares with the disciples the divine Spirit, through whom sins are forgiven. One week later, when Thomas has joined the group, Jesus points out the key role of faith, especially for all who were not eyewitnesses to the events of his death and resurrection.

Songs for the Liturgy
See also suggestions for Easter Sunday, many of which are appropriate on any Sunday of the Easter Season.

A Living Hope (1)  CBW 613/PMB 284
*As Newborn Infants (E)   IH 23
Awake, O Sleeper, Rise from Death (G)  RS 729/WOR 586/WC 788/WS
Baptized in Living Waters (2,G)  WC 741/WS/PMB 386
Baptized in Water (2,G)  WOR 720/GC 798/GC2 797/RS 903/CBW 614/WC 603/WS/PMB 286/JS 542/MI-BB/SS
Bread of Life from Heaven/Pan de Vida Eterna (G)   GC2 803/SS
Christ Has Risen (G)  GC 451/GC2 465
Christ, Our King before Creation (G) CBW 499
Church of God (1)  RS 783/GC 664/GP 571/CBW 581/PMB 381
Crown Him with Many Crowns (G)  WOR 496/CBW 437/GP 420/MI‑BB/LMGM 68/WC 706/RS 626/GC 485/GC2 489/JS 480/WS/PMB 359/SS
Do Not Be Afraid (G) JS 731/GP 630
Draw Us in the Spirit's Tether (1)  WOR 731/RS 917/JS 797
Eye Has Not Seen (G)  MI‑BB/RS 758/GC 638/GC2 616/CBW 482/WC 844/WS/SS
Father, We Thank Thee (1) WOR 558/CBW 528/RS 705/GC 568/GC2 547/WC 619/WS/PMB 316/SS
Glory and Praise to Our God (G)  GP 671/MI‑BB/RS 696/GC 522/GC2 537/WC 898/JS 596/WS
He Comes to Us as One Unknown (2,G)  WOR 573
*He Walks among the Golden Lamps (2)  WOR 684
Healer of Our Every Ill (G)   RS 958/GC 882/GC2 854/WC 668/WS
I Come with Joy to Meet My Lord (1)  WOR 726/CBW 424/WC 877/RS 854/GC 806/GC2 799/WS/PMB 320/SS
If You Believe and I Believe (G)   RS 825/GC 722/GC2 708/JS 839/WS
In the Breaking of the Bread/Cuando Partimos el Pan del Señor (1)  JS 808/MI‑BB/RS 932/GC 841/GC2 843/WC 624/GP 508/WS/PMB 303
Is Your All on the Altar (G)  LMGM 277
Jesus Christ, by Faith Revealed (G)   PMB 369/WC 715/WS
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You (G)  WOR 525/GP 693/MI‑BB/RS 669/GC 528/GC2 520/CBW 511/WC 905/WS/PMB 497/JS 617/SS
*Like Newborn Children (E)   PSL 74/SS
Now the Feast and Celebration (2) RS 853/GC 742
*O Love of God Incarnate, v 3 (G)   JS 410
*O Sons and Daughters (G)  WOR 447/LMGM 60/CBW 404/BB/RS 579/GC 423/GC2 446/WC 568/JS 420/GP 379/WS/PMB 274/SS
*Our God Reigns, v 5 (G)   WC 903/WS
*Peace (G)  MI‑BB/WC 863/JS 741/GP 649/WS/PMB 462
Peace for Our Times (G)   PMB 455/WC865/WS
Peace with the Father (G)  WOR 660
Praise the Spirit in Creation (G)  WOR 477/RS 609
Prayer of Peace (G)  GC 729/GC2 720/SS
*Put Your Hand Here (C)   PSL 76/SS
Rejoice! The Lord Is King (2)  WOR 493/WC 720/JS 478/MI‑BB/LMGM 93/RS 627/GC 487/GC2 493/PMB 355
Sent Forth by God's Blessing (G)  WC 886, 887/MI‑BB/CBW 533/WC 587, 588/JS 768/GP 588/WS/PMB 474, 475
Shalom, My Friends (G)   WC 859/WS/PMB 456
*Show Me Your Hands, Your Feet, Your Side (G)   HG 109
Sing of the Lord's Goodness  JS 605/MI‑BB/GC 547/GC2 532/GP 690
*Take and Eat, vss 2,6 (2,G)  RS 910/GC 831/GC2 812/CBW 611/WC 648/WS/SS
That Easter Day with Joy Was Bright (G) WOR 457/RS 599/GC 445/GC2 461/CBW 392/SS
The Spirit of God (G)  WC 793/GC 458/WS/PMB 399
The Strife Is O'er (2)  WOR 451/LMGM 64/CBW 395/MI‑BB/WC 549/JS 431/RS 587/GC 446/GC2 459/GP 384/WS/PMB 257/SS
Thine Be the Glory, v 3 (G)  WC 556
This Is the Day When Light Was First Created (G)  WOR 663/RS 842/GC 746
This Is the Feast of Victory (2)  WOR 458/MI‑BB/RS 583/GC 429/GC2 458/CBW 396/WC 897/JS 428/WS/PMB 489/SS       
We Know That Christ Is Raised (2)  WC 554/WOR 721/RS 906/CBW 398/SS
We Remember (1,G) GP 255/MI‑BB/WC 653/RS 724/GC 593/GC2 578/WS/SS
*We Walk by Faith (2,G)  WOR 572/GP 258/MI‑BB/WC 807/RS 723/GC 590/GC2 583/CBW 495/WS/PMB 416/JS 700/SS
We've Come This Far by Faith (G)  LMGM 225
*Without Seeing You (2,G)  GC 844/GC2 842
World Peace Prayer (G) GC 732/GC2 718
You Are the Voice (2)  GC 549/GC2 538/CBW 576