The Church Cries Out, Have Mercy On The Whole World
A reflection on what we are asking when we ask for Mercy on the Whole World.
All of the faith can be summarized in the short Prayer – Jesus, have mercy on me a sinner. We are living in the time of Mercy which is prior to the time of Justice. Our Lord revealed Himself to Sister Faustina to ask that the Church pray and ask for His Mercy to fill the world.
When we ask for God’s Mercy to come upon the world – we ask for even more than forgiveness, we are asking for God to fulfill His covenant Promise to Israel, His Beloved ones.
In these time there is a yearning that can be heard from the Church for the world to be saved. The Church and the world is experiencing an emptiness, and we are, in our sinfulness, asking that God hear our cries to take us out of the Egypt of sin that we have created.
Our Lord revealed the Divine Mercy Chaplet and the simple phrase, For the Sake of His Sorrowful Passion, Have Mercy on Us and on the Whole world. In this prayer we are asking that by Mercy we may have our hearts renewed rather than by justice, which God is holding back.
This time of Mercy is a great gift to the Church. It is a great gift to the World. We have gone astray and we have the choice of either coming back to him through His Mercy or through His Justice. God the Father has granted a period of Mercy to the world in which we can ask for the world to be transformed by Merciful love rather than Justice.
“You will prepare the world for My final coming. Speak to the world about My mercy… It is a sign for the end times. After it will come the Day of Justice.” Jesus to St. Faustina
When we look at the state of our souls, and at the state of the world we might be tempted to think that our sins and the sins of the world are too great. We may be tempted to feel overwhelmed and lost – or feel like evil is winning.
When we turn to God we are reminded by St. Faustina to turn to the Mercy of God and allow Him to change us and to love us.
It is in calling out for Mercy that God hears us and will respond to our cry for help.
God desires us to pray and to ask, and primarily He desires us to trust in His Love and Mercy and to call upon Him for help. In praying to God and asking for His Mercy to come, we are crying out with the very cry of the Holy Spirit.
“I realize more and more how much every soul needs God’s mercy throughout life and particularly at the hour of death. This chaplet (of Divine Mercy) mitigates God’s anger, as He Himself told me.” (No. 1036)” – Saint Faustina
We have heard through the words of various seers that we are living in times worse that Sodom and Gomorrah and worse than the time of the Flood. The difference is that we have recourse to the Sacraments and to Divine Grace. Sister Faustina says that we can mitigate and lessen the wrath of Divine Justice. As the Angel stand with his flaming sword we can respond with Penance and prayers for Mercy to fill the earth.
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