tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post823079207207384138..comments2024-03-17T22:48:00.427+08:00Comments on Reflections and Ruminations: When mercy and justice embrace.Fr Luke Fonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03079016104331055895noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post-66532873328932999312015-10-08T13:31:01.465+08:002015-10-08T13:31:01.465+08:00“When mercy and justice embrace.”
This morning, ...“When mercy and justice embrace.”<br /><br /><br />This morning, whilst waiting for mass to begin, I was praying through Psalm 99 on phone- breviary. Just as I read these lines – “For them you were a God who forgives; yet you punished all their offenses....” - my eyes alighted on the huge crucifix hanging high up on the wall facing our pews, just above the Tabernacle. I paused and unbidden, these words came to mind - “when mercy and justice embrace...” <br /><br />Somehow, beholding the cross then, I felt that it reveals to me the character of God –His perfect justice and His mercy and love for lost sinners meet at the cross. The huge vertical beam of the cross seems to be the arm of God’s justice standing tall and unafraid as a beacon of truth, a light in this capricious and complex world of ours. The horizontal beam, exuding a protective mantle of God’s loving mercy upon those who shelter under the shadow of the cross......echoes the words of Portia (Merchant of Venice) - “.......the quality of mercy ........... droppeth like a gentle rain from heaven upon the earth beneath......” <br /><br />And it is also where the two beams meet, that we encounter God’s Beloved who came to pay the penalty for our sins and also to deliver us from sin’s power, opening the way back to the Father. Through His brief time on earth He showed us how to live the will of the Father, how to love God and neighbour especially through the - “That willingness to enter so closely into the pain and turmoil and to sit with them ...................in a life situation, and charity made so clear in action.”<br />.<br /> In short, it’s about heart-hearing, a shared empathy – or as you put it – it’s about how to sit around together and to dab up one another’s tears (with popcorns or prawn crackers) and eat the tears? <br /><br />God bless u, Fr<br /><br />tessa<br />Tessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04211998984286520369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post-34335161094209114082015-10-05T23:22:19.840+08:002015-10-05T23:22:19.840+08:00Pope Francis reminds me of Jesus who was seen with...Pope Francis reminds me of Jesus who was seen with sinners .. To me, Pope Francis is practising this same kind of love which Jesus showed to everyone. Often, most of us are afraid of being judged by doing the right things which might not be popular amongst the majority. Caslinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post-2885039558548610152015-10-05T12:30:23.141+08:002015-10-05T12:30:23.141+08:00Thank You Fr Luke for your beautiful writing.
I se...Thank You Fr Luke for your beautiful writing.<br />I see the compassionate and merciful heart of Jesus in our loving Holy Father.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02703921517339166754noreply@blogger.com