The Question That Is Seldom Asked: "Do I deserve God's Mercy?"

Especially with this Vatican, this blogger has become numb to the word "mercy" so tirelessly repeated by the pope, as if God's mercy were "free money" that is handed out to all, even without asking for it, and certainly without any afterthought of gratitude.  What the pope does not often ask of his flock is whether anyone out there ever reflects on whether one deserves God's mercy.

In this modern world of self-absorption, full of self-congratulatory people who feel that they are self-entitled without reference to anyone else, including their Blessed Mother and Her son, humility in questioning oneself may not be politically wise to ask of people, but anyone who plays the politics of the day is not following the footsteps of the Lord, Who stood His ground until the end, not with His feet but by hanging off a wooden cross with three nails.

In the words of the Blessed Virgin Mary in San Nicolás, Argentina [1]:

     My dear children, the day will come when you will be called by the Lord.  Your mother desires that on that day, He will find your body and your soul in good health.  Offer yourselves to the Lord and, little by little, He is going to change your hearts.  Pray:

     With Christ on my side,
     My weakness disappears.
     His Love nourishes me
     And multiplies my strength.
     I give thanks to Jesus
     Who has known how to awaken me.  (8/27/84, #262).


How often does one perform with honesty and humility a self-examination of one's body that is inextricably linked to one's soul to see whether they are in good health as a single unit?

"On September, 29, 1989, Feast of the Archangels, the Blessed Virgin observed their role in this matter:

     They defend the soul from the perils of the devil; they open in the soul a way of light in the midst of darkness.  They restore health of body and prepare the soul to desire spiritual salvation with the greatest intensity.  (#1720)." [2]

Do people even think about the angels?



[1] Laurentin, Father René.  An Appeal From Mary In Argentina.  Translated by Juan Gonzalez Jr., Ph.D. (Milford, Ohio: Faith Publishing Company, 1990), 106.
[2] Ibid., 106-7.