Is Divine Mercy Being Hijacked?

About this episode

The episode discusses the potential misinterpretation of Divine Mercy in the Catholic Church and emphasizes the importance of responding to mercy with faith and obedience.

Catholic devotion to Divine Mercy is bearing wonderful fruit in the Church today, but it is also susceptible to being “hijacked,” diverted from its intended purpose. There’s a popular perception that goes something like this, “God is so merciful that very few, if any, will be lost.” This is actually a distortion of the true meaning of mercy because it engenders an attitude of presumption and indifference that seriously undermines the Christian life. This video proposes an antidote to this false perception: true knowledge of what Jesus revealed to St. Faustina, not only about his great mercy, but also the necessity to respond to the offer of mercy with faith, repentance, and obedience in order for it to have its proper effect.

People in this episode

Host: Ralph Martin

Topics covered

• Divine Mercy
• Christian life
• faith
• repentance
• obedience
• spirituality

Keywords

• Divine Mercy
• Catholic devotion
• St. Faustina
• Christianity
• mercy
• faith
• repentance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Catholic Church

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