PAID in FULL

When we are in debts, the word that we would like to hear or to read is the words that says, "PAID".
It means that your credits were gone and it is fully paid.


One of the last words of Jesus on the cross were "It is finished", consumatum est in latin. These are the words that tells us that His mission on earth was done. But if we look at that words in the context of a tax collector, that might mean, fully paid.


Today when Jesus appears to the apostles and show His wounds in his hands and on his side. It is like Jesus telling to them, "All your sins or all your debts are fully paid".
But Thomas did not believed that Jesus appeared to the other disciple, Thomas wants to see a proof he wants to see a certificate of full payment. In the next few days, Jesus appears again and show to Thomas His wounds, for me it is like Jesus saying, "Yes Thomas it is true, PAID IN FULL, and here are my wounds as a receipt and as certificate of full payment".


Pope John Paul II declared eleven years ago, On the Jubilee year 2000, The holy father in front of the whole church declared that sister Faustina Kowalska as a saint. And by this declaration the church also declares that her diary and all its contents are true.

One of the entry on the diary that Jesus said to sister Faustina goes like this,
"I desire that on the feast of the compassion and mercy of God may be the refuge and shelter of all souls. On that day, the very depths of my mercy are going to be open. Let no soul be afraid to come and ask for my mercy even if their sins are that great. And I desire that on the sunday after easter will be the day of the divine Mercy "


When the pope declared sister Faustina as a saint of God he also declared this day as the feast of God's Mercy, He is the king of Mercy for the whole world, He is the one that declared your debts are Paid in Full.


It is also great that after eleven years, today Pope John Paul II have been beatified.


It is like God saying, truly now I will say to you that the mercy of God is for real, that the mercy of God of for everyone who can accept their sinfulness and can confess the need of His mercy, and also to be merciful to others.


When we look at the image of the divine mercy, We will notice that it is not the crucified Jesus instead it is the Risen Lord, the resurrected image of Jesus. We will also notice that it is like Jesus have entered a door and two rays coming on His heart symbolizes the blood that have been poured out and his mercy for humanity.  His hands are in the form as if He shows his wounds. The image of the Divine Mercy is like the image of Jesus in the Gospel, when he appeared to his disciples saying I come because I paid for all your sins and I have conquer even death. But then Jesus added, Now I give you the ministry, Go and forgive the sins of humanity.


Friends, It is a day of thanksgiving in front of the great compassion of the God of Mercy.
Today truly we can say to all the rest of the world, "Jesus We Trust in YOU".
As our responsorial psalm says, Give thanks to the lord for He is good, and His love is everlasting.


As we celebrate the Divine Mercy, let us not forget, "There is no sin greater than the Love and Mercy of God"


We continue our life knowing that in this God can be found the refuge of the sinful humanity.


May your Life be truly blessed,

Ash






(inspired by Fr. Mar)