Jesus, I Trust In You

"Go and learn the meaning of the words, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.'" (Matthew 9:13) Today is Divine Mercy Sunday. "Pope John Paul II, both in his teaching and personal life, strove to live and teach the message of Divine Mercy. As the great Mercy Pope, he wrote an encyclical on Divine Mercy: 'The Message of Divine Mercy has always been near and dear to me... which I took with me to the See of Peter and which, in a sense, forms the image of this Pontificate.' In his writings and homilies, he has described Divine Mercy as the answer to the world's problems and the message of the third millennium. He beatified and canonized Sister Maria Faustina Kowalska, the nun associated with the message, and he did it in Rome and not in Poland to underscore that Divine Mercy is for the whole world." (www.thedivinemercy.org) So, what is mercy? Forgiveness, love, and charity toward those (including ourselves) who don't seem to "deserve" it. "For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have Mercy on us, and on the whole world."