Tag Archive for ‘mercy’
From Mary through St. Faustina — A Warning!
635. March 25. In the morning, during meditation, God’s presence enveloped me in a special way, as I saw the immeasurable greatness of God and, at the same time, His condescension to His creatures. Then I saw the Mother of God, who said to me, Oh, how pleasing to God is the soul that follows [...]
O My God
When I look into the future, I am frightened, But why plunge into the future? Only the present moment is precious to me, As the future may never enter my soul at all. It is no longer in my power, To change, correct or add to the past; For neither sages nor prophets could do [...]
Do not underestimate the mercy of God
An old man was asked by a certain soldier if God received a penitent man. And after heartening him with many words, he said to him at the last, “Tell me, beloved, if your cloak were torn, would you throw it away?” He said, “No, I would patch it and wear it.” The old man [...]
Secrets
Fear has a way of getting its way, a dictator without mercy or compassion, surrounding the heart with nameless qualms that what felt as shame will one day be seen. Walls high protected by anger, or fear or anxious concern, often nameless but a sentinel nonetheless; assuring a life of withdrawal from intimacy that is [...]
Who is pleasing to God?
Let the soul harken to the divine voice, and to her own amazement and wonder she will hear it say, ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven’. Who is poorer in spirit than the person whose spirit finds no rest and who has nowhere to lay his head? This [...]
Moses, a model of intercessory prayer
Vatican City, Jun 1, 2011 / 10:45 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI said at the June 1 general audience that intercessory prayer helps us to grow in deeper knowledge of God and his mercy and makes us more capable of loving others in a self-sacrificial way. Drawing upon the life of Moses, the Pope [...]
Prayer can spark God’s mercy
Vatican City, May 18, 2011 / 10:30 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI continued his series of reflections on Christian prayer today as he spoke about the relationship between intercessory prayer and God’s mercy throughout history. In his third installment on prayer, Pope Benedict looked at Abraham’s example of praying for mercy. “We now turn [...]
He is a Saint (part II)
[To return to part I] One John Paul II Priest Recalls the Influence of John Paul the Great Allow me to quickly describe to you my personal experience with the newly beatified pope, whom I was allowed to meet at a general audience when I was 18 years old. As he walked through the middle [...]
Reconciliation Comes from God
God is faithful to his eternal plan even when man, under the impulse of the evil one(43) and carried away by his own pride, abuses the freedom given to him in order to love and generously seek what is good, and refuses to obey his Lord and Father. God is faithful even when man, instead [...]
To be like Christ means above all to love.
To be like Christ means above all to love. It is even a commandment for us to be like Him in this regard. “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you” (John XV. 12). After Christ had told the Apostles this, He went on to explain that this love [...]
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