they shall flourish in the courts of our God. (Psalm 92:14 NABRE)
From a psalm of praise to God, today's verse compares how those who are just will flourish in God's presence, while his enemies will face destruction.
Though it is certainly an encouragement for the faithful who work for justice; for me, today's verse underscores a particular aspect of justice: God's Divine Mercy, which was revealed in a special way to Saint Maria Faustina Kowalski in the early twentieth century in Poland, and which she documented in her diary.*
Jesus spoke to Saint Faustina in dreams which she recorded in her diary. He told her, "I do not want to punish aching mankind, but I desire to heal it, pressing it to My Merciful Heart." (Diary, 1588)
We are not only to receive the mercy of God, but to use it by being merciful to others through our actions, our words, and our prayers.* Jesus told Faustina, "I am giving you three ways of exercising mercy toward your neighbor: the first — by deed, the second — by word, the third — by prayer. In these three degrees is contained the fullness of mercy, and it is an unquestionable proof of love for Me. By this means a soul glorifies and pays reverence to My mercy." (Diary, 742)
Today, I will pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, seeking to express mercy in deed and word too.
Saint Faustina, through whom we are given the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, pray for us.
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