In my prayer, this year, I heard and saw the cry of a teenage girl saying, “I waited for someone to show me mercy”, her face revealed the pleading of her heart and her following words showing the crushing of her hope: “I used to be religious, I used to be…”
What difference can we make in the life of a person, who since a very young age has been facing the harshness of the world through those closest to her? For her, who has no faith anymore, no hope that life could get better, there are no signs of mercy coming, none from family, none from friends, none from her country.
Can we make a small difference or a tremendous difference? Would size matter when it comes to mercy?
Though we face trials and even the harshness of this world, we have Christ and with him, everything we need; we have a living hope and God’s protection; we have victory over this world through our faith in God and for those despairing, we can bring peace and hope and faith through different works of mercy. How truly blessed we are!
We know the church is merciful, and every part of the church is a part of the body of Christ. Since there is no part in Christ that is not merciful, there must be no part of the church that is not merciful.
We know that this girl and to those in need of mercy, that they shall find the mercy that they are looking for in the church.
The church exercises this call to be merciful through the sacrament of reconciliation. We all come to Mother Church seeking the mercy of our God. Are we, then, channelling his mercy into our personal relationships and into those in need of mercy?
We are to look at how we are treating one another specially those closest to us and see if we are being merciful. We are to see if we are cooperating with Jesus in bringing peace, love and mercy into our relationships with others.
Let us pray also for ourselves that we can always be willing and able to help.
Written By : Sonely Arocha