“The Lord said to me, The loss of each soul plunges Me into mortal sadness. You always console Me when you pray for sinners. The prayer most pleasing to Me is prayer for the conversion of sinners. Know, My daughter, that this prayer is always heard and answered.”
– Divine Mercy In My Soul, 1397
This entry from St. Faustina’s diary has made me realize many things. It has urged me to reflect very deeply about God’s love for us.
We’ve been too familiar with God’s wrath. As sinners, we fear God’s justice.
It is His mercy that we must learn about more. Mercy that comes from His Love. After all, God is Love.
When I read the above excerpt, it reminded me that even God can be sad, and He can be sad for souls who are lost.
This is a mystery. For how could Jesus, who is in heaven, and who is supposed to be in eternal joy even become sad?
But when we remember that God is Love, we can also come to realize that love is like that. Love wills for what is good. Love wills for life, not death. Love rejoices for the beloved’s good and weeps for the beloved’s fall.
No one is mightier or stronger than God. Yet even God has allowed Himself to weep for the sake of love.
“Mary arrived where Jesus was, and as soon as she saw him, she fell at his feet. ‘Lord,’ she said, ‘if you had been here, my brother would not have died!’
Jesus saw her weeping, and he saw how the people with her were weeping also; his heart was touched, and he was deeply moved. ‘Where have you buried him?’ he asked them.
‘Come and see, Lord,’ they answered.
Jesus wept. ‘See how much he loved him!’ the people said.”
– John 11:32-36, GNT
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