for tooth”, and “Even Steven!”, or maybe, “He will get it, but even worse!”
Still another, “Let us give him some of his own medicine!” Or when something evil visits him, you blurt
out gleefully: “He deserved it, and worse than that!” Pagan culture expresses
it this way: “What goes around comes around or it is his karma!”
of seeking out revenge on those who have done us harm. The Italians have a pithy maxim: “La dolce
vendetta!”— in English, “The sweet revenge!”
inherited, embraced and much less lived out in our lives! The reason is simple: JESUS CHRIST IS OUR
MERCIFUL GOD!
Sunday, Saint Faustina Kowalska, are modern heralds of the great mercy of
God. They are beacons of hope and shining torches of enthusiasm, especially for their writings, and to their
living out, the greatness of God’s infinite mercy!
a fanatic, a fake, and a nobody, this great saint, instead of harboring
thoughts of resentment and revenge, she would simply pray for these individuals
and forgive them from her heart, living out what she was commanded out of
obedience to write in the DIARY OF MERCY IN MY SOUL.
should be an incarnation of God’s infinite mercy in our lives by using all of our senses as instruments of God’s infinite mercy. Our eyes to see others with the merciful gaze of Jesus; our ears to be used to hear God’s mercy; our tongue – never to criticize or speak negatively about anybody—but to praise God and express mercy to all. But especially may our hearts be filled with the most sublime sentiments of mercy towards all.
man of God preached mercy, wrote on the doctrine of mercy, but especially he
lived it out in flesh and blood visible to the whole world!
available to the whole world, on that May 13th, 1981, the gun-shot
was heard and suddenly Pope John Paul II fell back. He was shot! Almost seeming hopeless the
situation and his life hanging from a thread, prayers of intercession and mercy
ascended like fragrant aroma to the throne of the Blessed Trinity.
his merciful heart, to express mercy in person to the man who planned to end his life!
embracing him. What more clear image of the Parable of the Prodigal Son could exist than this emotionally-charged and heart-rending
scene of the Holy Father— representing God the Father, and Agca, hopefully, the Prodigal son.
mercy, the encyclical “Dives Misericordia”—God as rich is Mercy! Before penning this spiritual masterpiece,
the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II lived out mercy in his own flesh and blood!
well… Any your heart is My constant dwelling place, despite the misery that you
are. I unite Myself with you, take away your misery and give you mercy. I
perform works of mercy in every soul. The greater the sinner, the greater the
right he has to my mercy. My mercy is confirmed in every work of my hands. He
who trusts in my mercy will not perish, for all his affairs are Mine, and his
enemies will be shattered at the base of MY footstool.” (The words of Jesus to St Faustina, Diary #
723).