What is Mercy? GOD’S Definition Vs. The WORLD’S Definition - Matthew Kelly

Love Reaching Out To Misery

What is Mercy? GOD’S Definition Vs. The WORLD’S Definition - Matthew Kelly

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Video Transcript:

“What is Mercy? The world’s definition of mercy is “compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm.” But the mercy of God is much more than an act of pardon or the cancellation of punishment. It is more dynamic than the passivity of looking the other way. It is intimate and deeply personal. 

And so, we ask again, what is mercy? Mercy is love reaching out to misery. Love reaching out to misery. When we need God’s mercy, we are miserable, the two go hand in hand. Sometimes it is misery that we have caused ourselves, sometimes we are the victims of misery someone else has caused, and sometimes our misery is caused by the inexplicable accidents, disasters, and tragedies of life. 

Just know this, next time you are miserable, God is reaching out to you. And that reaching out is love reaching out to misery. 

I have seen human beings bestow astounding mercy on other human beings. How does that happen? Made in the image of God we are capable of mercy. So, imagine how vast and infinite God’s mercy must be.

God’s mercy is bigger than any mistake any of his children can make. Such is the mercy of God. God is the love continuously reaching out to us when we are in misery.”

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