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Tuesday 8 July 2014

The Age of Mercy


For those of us growing up in the Age of Mercy, especially with all the gifts connected to the devotion and promise connected to the Divine Mercy, as revealed to St. Faustina, the ideas in the chapter on Providence and Mercy will come as no surprise.

A few points to summarize from Garrigou-Lagrange:

1)      Mercy is linked to Justice, but “superior”.
2)      It is giving that which is not strictly necessary.
3)      It is based on pure goodness, as is Justice.
4)      Sanctifying grace is from mercy.
5)      The Sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross is THE act of mercy.
6)      “Justice loses none of its rights, but it is mercy which prevails” because of the Cross.
7)      The Eucharist is a result of Divine Mercy.
8)      Those raised Catholic and Christian have been given mercy over and above the graces necessary for salvation.
9)      “…the gifts of mercy go far beyond anything we have deserved.”
10)  “The grace of absolution from mortal sin is not something that can be merited, it is a gratuitous gift. And how often has that grace been granted to us!”


More later….to be continued….