Vatican City, Apr 23, 2017 / 03:45 am
On Divine Mercy Sunday Pope Francis said mercy is essential in living the Christian life, because it not only allows us to understand ourselves and God better, but it also prompts us to recognize and help those in need.
"Let us never forget that mercy is the keystone of the life of faith, and concrete way with which we give visibility to the Resurrection of Jesus," the Pope said April 23.
Mercy, he said, is understood as a true awareness of "the mystery" that the Church is living, particularly during the Easter season.
Not only is mercy understood in various ways such as through the senses, intuition and reason, but we can also become aware of it through an act of mercy that we personally experience, he said, adding that "this opens the door of the mind to better understand the mystery of God and of our personal existence."