The Mercy of God is inexhaustible. His mercy is infinitely greater than all my sins - all the mess I've made of the life He has freely given me. I don't know how to "fix" myself. In fact, I can't fix myself by my own power. I need so much the grace and mercy of God.
Through Jesus, God reveals Himself as "Father," and He draws us to a share in His glory by the gift of the Holy Spirit. We all need the mercy of God, which He is always ready to pour out upon us beyond any measure we can conceive. If we beg for His healing and transforming power, and surrender ourselves to His loving mercy, He will change us. He will renew our lives and raise us up to adoption as sons and daughters in His Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit will work in the depths of our hearts and empower us to cooperate with Him in freedom, as full human persons who are redeemed and liberated so that we can receive God's love and love Him in return.
We are all sinners and we have contributed to the sinful evasions, distraction, and blindness that have become the patterns-of-sin that have infected the forms of our societies. We have all contributed to the pervasive violence of our societies. Now, as the prospect of a devastating war continues to loom over us, we beg for mercy for ourselves and for the whole world.
Nothing is greater than Divine Mercy, and the Spirit contually prompts us and lifts us up, strengthening us and giving us hope. We begin to see the world through the eyes of Jesus.
Here is our joy, strength, and peace. Even as everything is in disarray all around us, Jesus remains with us. He loves us. He loves every human person. He will enable us to love one another.
Lord, in your mercy, never let us "give in" to cynicism or discouragement. Let us rather place all our trust in you, and go out and bring the good news of your inexhaustible mercy to the whole world.
