The Name of God Is Mercy

by Pope Francis

“The message of Jesus is mercy. For me, and I say this with humility, it is the Lord’s strongest message.

The first and only step required to experience mercy, the Pope added, is to acknowledge that we are in need of mercy.

If we are like that Pharisee, if we think we are righteous, “we do not know the Lord’s heart, and we will never have the joy of feeling this mercy!