Beautiful Mercy

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In the weeks before the pilgrimage, we were asked to reflect on a phrase or motto to keep with us on pilgrimage. This Lent I decided to start a consecration to Divine Mercy following a book written by Fr. Michael Gaitley: 33 Days to Merciful Love. It’s given me a lot to reflect on, so my motto finds its origin in a message that I got from the book.

Jesus said to St. Faustina: “The greater the sinner, the greater the right he has to my divine mercy.” Many times, our self-reflection can lead us to become lost in our own lowliness. We become terribly aware of how unfair our betrayals are to God. Sometimes this darkness overwhelms our hearts and we become discouraged to even try to give effort toward our seemingly hopeless cause.

What we don’t realize is that this hurts God most of all, when we underestimate his divine mercy and overlook our “right” to bask in it. We fail to see that the deeper our lowliness, the more God desires to fill us with his mercy. In fact, this is the end of the incarnation: by Jesus’ sacrifice, his heart was pierced with a spear and an ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world. He suffered the debts of our lowliness and replaced them with the merits of an infinite mercy. This is the Heart of the Gospel according to the Catechism: “the revelation in Jesus Christ of God’s mercy to sinners.”


This message lights up the darkness of our sinfulness and I wanted to adopt it as my motto to remind me of the beauty of his mercy on pilgrimage: “Lord your infinite and divine mercy conquers my every betrayal.”

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  1. UnknownMarch 29, 2018 at 3:17 AM

    “Jesus I trust in YOU!”

    Thank you for leading me back to His divine mercy as we will walk the path of His ultimate sacrifice toward our resurrection if only we say yes to the GRACES...

    Jesus, YES I TRUST IN YOU!!!!



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