{"id":26423,"date":"2011-05-02T14:13:22","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T18:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2011\/05\/divine-mercy-known-in-peaceful\/"},"modified":"2011-05-02T14:13:22","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T18:13:22","slug":"divine-mercy-known-in-peaceful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2011\/05\/divine-mercy-known-in-peaceful\/","title":{"rendered":"Divine Mercy: known in peaceful embrace of sacramental forgiveness"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Continuing for just a moment on the reality of Divine Mercy –given yesterday’s feast on the Second Sunday of Easter– there are few thoughts of Blessed John Paul II’s that I think are worth reflecting on when, in the canonization homily he delivered for Padre Pio’s canonization (16 June 2002), he stated:<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

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“I am the Lord who acts with mercy” (Jeremiah 9,23)<\/span><\/p>\n


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\"Padre<\/a><\/p>\n

Padre
\nPio was a generous dispenser of divine mercy, making himself available to all
\nby welcoming them, by spiritual direction and, especially, by the
\nadministration of the sacrament of Penance<\/i>. I also had the privilege, during my
\nyoung years, of benefiting from his availability for penitents. The ministry of
\nthe confessional<\/u>, which is one of the distinctive traits of his apostolate,
\nattracted great crowds of the faithful to the monastery of San Giovanni Rotondo.
\nEven when that unusual confessor treated pilgrims with apparent severity, the
\nlatter, becoming conscious of the gravity of sins and sincerely repentant,
\nalmost always came back for the peaceful embrace of sacramental forgiveness<\/u><\/b>.
\nMay his example encourage priests to carry out with joy and zeal this ministry
\nwhich is so important today, as I wished to confirm this year in the Letter to
\nPriests on the occasion of Holy Thursday.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Perhaps priests –indeed, all of the faithful– ought to review the Holy Father’s Holy Thursday 2002 letter to priests. I once made a statement: Don’t trust a priest who doesn’t regularly sit in the confession box. I think it is reasonable advice. <\/i><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Continuing for just a moment on the reality of Divine Mercy –given yesterday’s feast on the Second Sunday of Easter– there are few thoughts of Blessed John Paul II’s that I think are worth reflecting on when, in the canonization homily he delivered for Padre Pio’s canonization (16 June 2002), he stated: “I am the … Continue reading Divine Mercy: known in peaceful embrace of sacramental forgiveness<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2330,2376,1772],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26423"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26423\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}