God's Love

Part 11: In the next entry of his new weekly series on the Sacred Heart, Dr. Robert Stackpole continues his discussion of consoling the Heart of Jesus as found in the writings of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690).

“You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Mt 22:39). Jesus called that the second greatest commandment, after love of God. And there, entangled in one commandment, is love of self as well as love of others.

Mercy presents us with a semantic problem. After all, the word mercy in contemporary English has a very restricted meaning. It is usually used to refer to an act of pardon, as in "Let me off, judge; have mercy" or "He threw himself on the mercy of the court." In the Catholic tradition of theology, however, mercy means far more than just the cancellation of punishment. Far more then that.

Do you ever feel disinterested in God? Do you ever wonder if God feels the same way about you? Find out in this article.