Sunday, April 17, 2016

Dear God,

Through your servant Pope Francis you have called for a year of mercy.  Mercy, if we could all be merciful to one another for one year, we would turn our world around.  The hungry would be fed.  The homeless would find shelter.  The lonely would discover friends.  The fearful would find faith.  The doubtful would find their way.  The unloved would surely walk into your embrace.  The warring would stop and think about what they are doing.  The angry would find respite.  The ugly would uncover beauty.  The hopeless would find hope.  The mean would find reason to surrender.  Evil would lose its hold on the earth.  Darkness would have to give way to the light. 

If only we had the desire for mercy, we would turn the world around.

O Lord,
teach us how
to be merciful.
Remove our need
to always
be right,
to be unloving,
to not care
for our neighbor.
Make us
like you,
Merciful Father.

Love, Andrea