God's Mercy Revealed : Healing for a Broken World

by Magee, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780867166569
• ISBN10: 0867166568
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-01
• Publisher: Servant Books

Summary

"One of the worst effects of sin," Msgr. Magee tells us, "is to make us think that God stops loving us." In turn we resist him, giving into a gnawing reluctance to believe that his love is unrelenting, forgiving, ever faithful, always persistent. We have "a crazy distrust of the mercy of God." At the same time, we want to dodge the truth of who God is and what he requires of us. But as

Author Biography

Msgr. Peter Magee is a native of Scotland. A former member of the Diplomatic Service of the Holy See, he served in El Salvador, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Cuba, Geneva and Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo
Introduction	vii
PART ONE: MERCY AND THE TRINITY
Being and Giving Forgiveness	2	(8)
The Forlorn Father	10	(8)
Spirit-Driven	18	(7)
Remembering the Healer	25	(8)
Questions of the Merciful One	33	(9)
Exalt the Cross of Mercy	42	(10)
PART TWO: MERCY AND THE CHURCH
Prophet of Mercy	52	(7)
The Cleansed Temple of Mercy	59	(9)
Mercifully Catholic	68	(10)
PART THREE: MERCY AND THE SACRAMENTS
Be Opened!	78	(6)
The Body of Merciful Love	84	(6)
The Bread and Breath of Life	90	(5)
Divine Mercy	95	(11)
PART FOUR: MERCY AND LIFE
From the Bottom of the Heart	106	(8)
Attractive Distractions	114	(8)
The Contagion of Forgiveness	122	(8)
The Deep Waters of Mercy	130	(8)
Merciful Nostalgia	138	(8)
Healing Our Notion of Death	146	(7)
Saint Dismas and the King of Mercy	153	(7)
Conclusion	160	(3)
Notes	163