Miłosierdzie Boże w pełni objawione i zrealizowane w Jezusie Chrystusie

Abstract

God is shown as merciful already in the Old Testament. However, it is in the fulfillment of God’s promises in the incarnation of the Word that the realization of Divine mercy achieves its fullness. That is why the Word incarnate is also a revelation of the nature of Divine mercy. Its quintessence is made visible in Jesus Christ, who brings God closer to man and makes man capable of self understanding. In the Son the Father reveals Himself as inconceivable Love, whose consequence is creation and redemption. The Father not only does not withdraw His love in response to human sin, but in the Son becomes united with each man, thus showing the fundamental nature of His mercy. It is realized most fully in the work of Jesus Christ, in whom God loves every man with the same love as His own Son. In the Son, who united himself with the human nature, the Father also enables man to respond to Divine love. This means inviting and introducing man to the relation of mercy. Thus, mercy ceases to be a unilateral process and becomes the best way for man to unite with God through the imitation of Jesus.