Profound Mercy
Dear friend, this sublime quality, divine and human, is a gift from God. Nobody can produce it by themselves. One can, in conscience, know that he must have empathy with the misfortunes of others, and strive to give and share. But it requires effort and sacrifice. However, when it is God who generates it; then, compassion flows like a torrent, it is given with joy, easily… it comes out by itself, because the person looks and feels compassion directly from God. It is God himself who has done it in her.
But how to get this feeling that comes from God himself? Well, it comes letting yourself be inflamed by his love. Friend, may God enter in your life and your actions spring from Him. This only can be achieved through your prayer, in the experience of the living God.
Now, stop for a few moments. Breathe deeply and let go off, any worries, stress or anxiety, in order they could avoid what the following words could made in you; because they express very well what God can do in you:
“You, Lord, have put more joy in my heart than if it abounded in wheat and wine” (Psalm 4:8)
“I always have the Lord present, for with Him at my right, I do not waver” (Psalm 16:8)
“The only thing I ask of the Lord and that only thing I will seek, is to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. Taste the sweetness of the Lord for years without end. (Psalm 27,4)
My Lord,
I have looked for you, as much as I could, as much as you allowed me to. I have done my utmost to understand with my intellect what I believe through faith, but I challenged and became extremely tired.
Lord, my God, my only hope, listen to me so that I may not only become disheartened and cease to seek you. I have always strived to see your face. Give me strength for the quest. You allowed me to find you and gave me the hope of a better understanding. Before you are my strength and my feebleness; keep the first and heal the latter. Before you, are my wisdom and my ignorance. If you open your door, welcome those who enter and if you close it, open for those who knock insistently
Make me remember you, make me understand and love you. Make these gifts grow in me until the moment I surrender to you completely. Amen
Prayer E. 42 Before Your Face, Lord
Dear friend, wish and ask with fervor and longing, to be able to experience these wonders, that are not dreams, but can be reality if you focus on God, as the only good and treasure. I invite you, in these moments, to ask for it with fervor, praying the following:
Lord, teach me how to be generous,
To give without measure
To repay evil without measure
To repay evil with good
To serve without expecting a reward
To get close those who less please me
To do good those who cannot repay me
To love always freely,
To work without seeking rest,
And while having nothing to give,
To give myself always more to whomever needs me,
Expecting the reward only from You;
Or better still: hoping you,
Yourself. Will be my reward.
Amen.
End with this song of praise that came from the mouth of Saint Francis himself:
You are good, holy good, utmost good, Lord, living God, the Truth
You are strong, You are great, You are God Most High, You are holy, Lord God, the only one who does wonders.
You are good, holy good, utmost good, Lord, living God, the Truth
You are humility, You are patience, You are security, You are charity and love, You are wisdom, You are our eternal life, great and admirable Lord
You are good, holy good, utmost good, Lord, living God, the Truth