The Works of Mercy

Pope Francis in the document, “The Face of Mercy” (Mv) exclaims with great passion, “How I long for the years to come to be steeped in mercy so as to reach out to every person bringing the goodness and tenderness of God! May the balm of mercy come to all, believers and distant ones, as a sign of the Kingdom of God already present in our midst.” (Mv 5). This same document helps us retrace the History of Salvation in the key of Mercy: “In short, God's mercy is not an abstract idea, but a concrete reality by which He reveals His love like that of a father and mother who are moved to the depths of their bowels by their child.