tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post93939656665171968..comments2023-07-05T08:17:21.505-04:00Comments on Getting to the Point: Mercy Me, Mercy YouFr. Denis Lemieuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01049723287624178155noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post-46044685283311268382014-02-12T10:07:44.502-05:002014-02-12T10:07:44.502-05:00Amen, Erin (preach it, sister!). Yes, justice and ...Amen, Erin (preach it, sister!). Yes, justice and mercy are such deeply inter-related goods that we cannot really separate them out, at least not at peril of becoming utterly incoherent in our thought and speech. Really, both are about, flow from, and flow towards the real centre of the matter, which is the living communion with God in Christ, which is our life and salvation.Fr. Denis Lemieuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01049723287624178155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post-79950025865317168932014-02-11T15:40:42.724-05:002014-02-11T15:40:42.724-05:00What is justice? Anger working itself out? Demandi...What is justice? Anger working itself out? Demanding equal redress, rather than more?<br /><br />No, in its perfection (as it is in God) it is discipline, a consequence afflicted on a wrong-doer that will make him renounce the wrong in his heart, to realize the hurt it has caused another, to wish it undone, to undo it, if it were possible, by suffering through it for the sake of healing the one who was wronged.<br /><br />It is also for the sake of freeing the one who does wrong, so that he can once again enter into communion with God and with others, even the person who was wounded.<br /><br />Mercy does not hold back justice, as if it were opposed to it (shall I demand my pound of flesh, or shall I not?). We can either enter directly into the arms of mercy, or we can get there by way of justice.<br /><br />Would I want to be treated by God without justice toward my own sins? No; I would like, through His mercy, to be purified of my sins so that I may "enter in and see the face of God" in true fellowship with the rest of God's people. <br /><br />We should be able to thank God for his justice, as well as for his mercy, for what else is justice but that which allows God's mercy to work itself out in us?Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13331552766061753817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post-73844340765460806842014-02-10T09:19:06.815-05:002014-02-10T09:19:06.815-05:00Thanks so much - I suppose I could have used my fr...Thanks so much - I suppose I could have used my friend Mr. Google to find that out. I will correct the post to reflect that.Fr. Denis Lemieuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01049723287624178155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post-30237326023649381572014-02-09T21:13:07.690-05:002014-02-09T21:13:07.690-05:00This is from an absolutely wonderful homily.
http:...This is from an absolutely wonderful homily.<br />http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/homilies/2007/documents/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20070617_assisi_en.htmlDavid S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05213475344375083869noreply@blogger.com