Vatican City, Nov 8, 2005 / 22:00 pm
During his weekly audience, given today before thousands of faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Benedict XVI spoke of the mercy of God, and His accessibility to mankind through creation.
He continued his ongoing catechesis on the Psalms, today speaking on Psalm 135, known as the “great Hallel”, a hymn normally sung by the Jewish people during the Passover celebration.
The Pope told the crowd that the key word in this solemn hymn of praise is, "mercy…part of the language characteristically used by the bible to express the alliance between the Lord and His people.”
“Within this relationship,” Benedict continued, “God does not appear as an impassive and implacable Lord, like destiny against whose mysterious power all struggle is useless.”