Monday, May 24, 2010

Trust in God's Truth

God is Truth. When God reveals Himself to us, He is truthful, and the teaching that comes from Him is "true instruction." (Catechism, Para. 217) When God sent His Son into the world, it was to bear witness to the truth. "We know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, to know Him who is true." (Catechism, paragraph 217, 1 John 5:20; cf. John 17:3)

Once we have the truth, we must trust in it with all our hearts, mind and strength -- no matter what comes our way. The devil's lies can tempt us to doubt God's Word, God's Kindness and God's Faithfulness. But God's Words are true, that's why His promises to us come true. God is Truth, whose words cannot deceive. So if we really do trust, then we should never have reason to lose heart.

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"I demand from you deeds of mercy, which are to arise out of love for Me. You are to show mercy to your neighbors always and everywhere. You must not shrink from this or try to excuse or absolve yourself from it.

I am giving you three ways of exercising mercy toward your neighbor:
the first — by deed, the second — by word, the third — by prayer. In these three degrees is contained the fullness of mercy, and it is an unquestionable proof of love for Me. By this means a soul glorifies and pays reverence to My mercy.

Many souls ... are often worried because they do not have the material means with which to carry out an act of mercy. Yet spiritual mercy, which requires neither permissions nor storehouses, is much more meritorious and is within the grasp of every soul.

If a soul does not exercise mercy somehow or other, it will not obtain My mercy on the day of judgment. Oh, if only souls knew how to gather eternal treasure for themselves, they would not be judged, for they would forestall My judgment with their mercy".