Jesus, Mercy Incarnate

“In Christ and through Christ, God... becomes espe- cially visible in His mercy.... Not only does He speak of it and explain it by the use of comparisons and para- bles, but above all He Himself makes it incarnate and personifies it. He Himself, in a certain sense, is mercy.” Pope John Paul II Dives in Misericordia, no. 2 “Mercy has moved You to deign to descend among us and lift us up from our misery.... The inconceivable miracle of Your mercy takes place, O Lord. The Word becomes flesh; God dwells among us, the Word of God, Mercy Incarnate.” Saint Faustina Kowalska Diary,1745