Our Psalms offer many insights into Divine Mercy. The Lord is slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love and forgiving iniquity and transgressions. He lifts up the fallen and hard-pressed; He is our strength and defense. He rescues us from death and lifts us on high. He does all this despite our unworthiness. Divine Mercy is the essence of God's love. His Mercy endures forever. Jesus reveals the fullness of God's Mercy. He showed Mercy to doubting Thomas. Divine Mercy is avail- able for us too. We recall, however, that God is just. He will not be mocked. The unrepentant does face justice/ punishment (Psalm 113). Even though God's mercy is everlasting, merciless is the judgment on those who are merciless to others (James 2:13). We rejoice that the Risen Lord offers us an inexhaustible ocean of Mercy. Let us gratefully accept His mercy and be merciful to others as Jesus is Merciful to us (Lk 6, 36).

Fr. Mike Ronayne