Meditations on Mercy
Fifth Sunday of Easter, April 24, 2016
I also saw the holy city… prepared as a bride
adorned for her husband. Rev 21:2
“As I have
loved you, so you also should love one another.” Jn 13:34
It’s hard to
believe that God uses something as ordinary as marriage as a symbol of our
eternal destiny, but that’s what we see throughout scripture. Today’s second
reading depicts the Church “as a bride adorned for her husband,” while Jesus in
the Gospel calls us to love one another as He has loved us. Jesus shows how to
love, giving His life for His bride without counting the cost, purifying her
to prepare her for their eternal divine union as one body.
Jesus calls His
followers to have that same radical, self-giving love for one another. This is
not an easy commandment but with God, all things are possible. Yet when we do
fail to love, God, who is “rich in mercy,” picks us up, dusts us off, and wipes
away our tears in the Sacrament of Reconciliation, making all things new again.
There in the confessional, the merciful Jesus waits for you: trust in Him, go
to Him, and forgiveness is yours.
The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and rich in mercy. Ps 145:8
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