Exiit qui seminat

Today we celebrate the 8th Day of the Octave of Easter, the Sunday of Divine Mercy. Instituted by Pope St. John Paul II and based off of the spirituality and the diary of St. Faustina Kowalska, a Polish sister and mystic, this Sunday helps us to recognize our radical dependence upon the mercy of our Lord who offered His life for our sake. In current times and in the world in which we live, it can be easy (or at the very least easier) to ask for God’s mercy for our souls. What can be increasingly difficult is to beg our Lord to be merciful to others, especially those who have performed acts of great violence and evil. Do we pray for God to merciful on those who are mongers of war? Do we pray that the Lord shower. His mercy on those that do not share our values or live out a life of faith and virtue? Do we will for the conversion of the ones who have inflicted harm on the innocent and helpless?  The radicalness of God’s mercy is that while it is not accepted by all, it must be offered to all and that we are called to be ministers of His mercy. May the Lord give us the grace to love and forgive others as He loves and continues to forgive us!

Fr. Rob Sinatra