Mercy Speaks of Hope!

Today, Mercy spoke, and it spoke with hope.

In our Mercy Tuesday prayers, we lifted up the hopeless, the broken, and those longing for a new beginning. And in the readings, God confirms that mercy is never silent.

In Ezra 6:7–20, the exiles, once hopeless in Babylon, saw God open an unexpected door. Even foreign kings were moved to help rebuild the Temple. What seemed impossible became possible because mercy intervened. The Temple stood again, a sign that God restores and renews His people.

In Luke 8:19–21, Jesus reminds us that the true family of God are those who hear His Word and put it into practice. Mercy is not just God looking at us with pity, it is God drawing us close, giving us a place in His household, no matter our past.

On this feast of Padre Pio, we remember a man who carried the wounds of Christ yet became a living sign of mercy for thousands. Through prayer, confession, and sacrifice, he gave hope to the hopeless and healing to the broken. His life shows us that when we welcome God’s Word and live by it, mercy flows through us to others.

Friends, no situation is beyond God’s mercy. Like the exiles, we can be restored. Like the family of Jesus, we can belong. Like Padre Pio, our wounds can become instruments of grace.

Mercy speaks life where death threatens, light where darkness reigns, and hope where despair lingers.

Through the intercession of St. Padre Pio, May the Lord give hope to the hopeless and strength to the weary. Amen.

Mercy has done it
Mercy has won
Mercy has answered
Congratulations 🥳 🙌🏽