I. Paul calls God the Father of mercies (1 Corinthians 1-7), appointing his infinite compassion for the men whom he loves dearly. Scripture teaches us that God's mercy is eternal, ie without time limits (Psalm 100), is immense, no place or space limits, it is universal, it is not reduced to a people or a race, and is as extensive and comprehensive as are the needs of man.
The Incarnation of the Word, the Son of God, is proof of the divine mercy. He came to forgive, to reconcile men with each other and with their Creator. The goodness of Jesus to men, with all of us, beyond human measurements. We must come before the tabernacle and say Jesus, have mercy on me. In particular the Lord exercises his mercy through the sacrament of forgiveness because that is where we clean the sins, heals us, washed our wounds, we are relieved ... fully heals us and receive new life.
II. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy (Matthew 5, 7.) There is a particular urgency to God for their children to have that attitude with his brothers, and tells us that mercy be proportionate with which we exercise. But if our heart hardens to the miseries and infirmities of others, the harder and narrower the door to enter heaven and finding God Himself. Mercy is the fullness of justice as St. Thomas teaches (Summa Theologica), because when you work with something that is mercy is above justice and assumed to have lived this virtue. After giving each his own, so that justice belongs, merciful attitude takes us much further: for example, to forgive grievances promptly.
III. Mercy is, as its etymology, a disposition of heart that leads to compassion, as one's own, of the misery that we see everyday. A compassionate and merciful heart is filled with joy and peace because there is more joy in giving than receiving (Acts 20, 35.) So that mercy reach much needed, and we owe it to those who have given us the opportunity to make something for themselves and for the Lord. We went to our mother, because she "is the deepest knowledge of the mystery of divine mercy. Knows its price, she knows how great it is. In this sense, we call Mother of Mercy (John Paul II, or c)
