Bishop Robert Vasa: Spiritual danger: God, though merciful, is still to be revered

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April 20, 2010  

POPE BENEDICT XVI: "Now, after the Resurrection, Jesus invites him three times to avow his love, in this way offering him healing and forgiveness and at the same time entrusting him with his mission. The miraculous catch of fish underlined the apostles' dependence on God for the success of their earthly projects. The dialogue between Peter and Jesus underlined the need for divine mercy in order to heal their spiritual wounds, the wounds of sin. In every area of our lives we need the help of God's grace. With him, we can do all things: without him we can do nothing." 

EXCERPT: Bishop Robert Vasa: Spiritual danger: God, though merciful, is still to be revered

The Chaplet of Divine Mercy does not presume on God’s mercy; it manifests a proper reverence for him who is still God while pleading to him for that mercy because of a confidence that he who is all powerful is also kind and merciful. “For the sake of his sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.” Begging for mercy and refusing to utilize the sacrament of reconciliation implies that there is no repentance component associated with a reliance on God’s mercy. Begging for this mercy and presuming that it will be granted even without repentance or contrition is presumption. Begging for this mercy while manifesting an inability to accept that it will be granted, even with great repentance and contrition, is despair.

Proper reverence for God, even a God whom we know to be infinitely merciful, demands of us that we approach this vast storehouse of infinitely abundant mercy with a kind of fear and trembling.

When we recognize that we who are so lacking in mercy are approaching the one who is mercy itself then I suspect that we will make that approach with a more appropriate degree of reverential fear.

It is spiritually dangerous to forget that God, even a merciful God, is still God.

VIA A Moment with Mary: Speak to Souls About this Great Mercy 

Sister Faustina Kowalska wrote about having over twenty apparitions of the Blessed Virgin, as well as over thirty visions of Christ, the angels and the departed. "On March 25th, in the morning, during meditation, God's presence enveloped me in a special way, as I saw the immeasurable greatness of God and, at the same time, His condescension to His creatures. Then I saw the Mother of God, who said to me, 'Oh, how pleasing to God is the soul that follows faithfully the inspirations of His grace!'

'I gave the Savior to the world; as for you, you must speak to the world about His great mercy and prepare the world for the second coming of Him who will come, not as a merciful Savior, but as a just judge. Oh, how terrible is that day! Determined is the day of justice, the day of divine wrath. The angels tremble before it.' '

Speak to souls about this great mercy while it is still the time for (granting) mercy. If you keep silent now, you will be answering for a great number of souls on that terrible day. Fear nothing. Be faithful to the end. I sympathize with you.'"

VIA Christian-Witness: Mercy — Satan's Greatest Torment

The greater the difficulties which I see, the more am I at peace. Oh, if in this whole matter the glory of God and the profit to souls were not greatly served, Satan would not be opposing it so much (Diary, 764).

† I have now learned that Satan hates mercy more than anything else. It is his greatest torment (Diary, 764).

http://thedivinemercy.org/divinemercyminutes.php

Ladder of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 26- "On discernment of thoughts, passions, and virtues"

11. Theft is loss of property. Theft is doing what is not good as if it were good. Theft is unobserved captivity of the soul. The slaying of the soul is the death of the rational mind that has fallen into nefarious deeds. Ruin is despair of oneself, following on the breach of the law.    

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