Mercy As a Power: A Power of the Heart
Pope Francis in his encyclical on The Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy tells us the "God's mercy will always be greater than any sin" and here we are, still living to our sins. Acknowledging our sins does not mean dwelling in them the more, but rather coming out of them. It is in getting out of them that we need mercy as the driving force, the power with which we can rely on. This mercy we already have been granted is actually hard for us to recognize because we are too busy blaming ourselves. All we need do is be aware of the mercy that has been lavished upon our lives, and only then can we live life to the full. Just like any other machine, mercy also needs a driving force in which sense is the heart. The Holy Father talks of mercy as the 'beating heart' of the Gospel. It is this beating of the heart that enables us to emanate that mercy that your brother and sister require to have their wounds healed. Truth be told, mercy is something eas
