ONLY GOD'S MERCY

ONLY GOD'S MERCY
We LIVE in a world
Where many people
OPPRESS others
Oppress others physically=financially=
And in every other way
The PROPHET=Amos=PROMISES
That God will punish those
Who HARM the poor
And the helpless
And that people=ALL PEOPLE=
Even the oppressors of
Our society
Will HUNGER for GOD'S WORD
Only mercy=only the MERCY
OF GOD=makes the difference
IN THIS WORLD
"My SOUL is consumed
With longing
For your ordinances
At all times"                                                                                                                                          Psalm 119:20
Today we CELEBRATE the
PURITY and MERCY of
Saint Maria Goretti
A twelve-year-old girl=
Who just five weeks
After her first HOLY COMMUNION
Was raped and murdered by
Alessandro Serenelli
As she was being raped=
She said=
"NO=God does NOT wish it!
It is a sin=You would go
To hell for it"
She LIVED 24 more hours
And forgave him
For his crime against her
FINALLY=Serenelli=repented
After Maria VISITED HIM
In a dream
He learned to long
For GOD'S JUSTICE
He learned to
LONG for the MERCY OF GOD
It is ONLY in
The MERCY OF GOD
That we can FORGIVE
Grievous crimes like that
"Remember=Lord=
Your great mercy and LOVE
For they are
From old"                                                                                                                      Psalm 25:6
"In all their distress
He too was distressed
And the angel
Of his presence
Saved them
In his love and MERCY
He redeemed them
He lifted them up
And carried them
ALL the days of old"                                                                                                           Isaiah 63:9
"BLESSED are the merciful
For they will be
SHOWN MERCY"                                                                                                            Matthew 5:7
ONLY GOD'S MERCY
Could make
Alessandro Serenelli know his sin
And REPENT
Prison couldn't do it
Dear Lord=let us all
HUNGER for your MERCY=
Hunger for JUSTICE
And seek GOD'S forgiveness
ONLY GOD'S MERCY!
In the names of Jesus our LORD=and
His most MERCIFUL FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
7-5-18

Ps          iNSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Eve Tushnet