What Is Mercy?

Jesus tells us that as his followers, we must show mercy to others just as our heavenly Father shows mercy to us. But how can we do that if we don’t understand what mercy is? In this first video in The Essentials of Divine Mercy series, Father Chris Alar gives an introduction to Divine Mercy, explaining how mercy is even greater than forgiveness, and why Divine Mercy is mankind’s greatest hope for salvation.
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Father Chris Alar, MIC, is a priest with the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary. Fr. Chris wrote and produced the popular “Divine Mercy 101” DVD and is the author of the soon-to-be released book After Suicide: There is Still Hope for Them and You. He is an international speaker and a regular host and guest on EWTN. He also hosts the online “Divine Mercy Matters” series at DivineMercyMatters.org. Currently he serves as “Fr. Joseph, MIC,” the director of the Association of Marian Helpers, and is the head of Marian Press, located on the grounds of the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
For more information about Divine Mercy and Fr. Chris Alar, MIC, visit DivineMercyMatters.org
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[@GR65330]

For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

[@onlyshorts3600]

Hi

[@Choirnusiclub100]

Hi

[@GR65330]

@@Choirnusiclub100 Hello....

[@joshuacapstick5322]

Just thinking of Gods mercy makes me cry

[@TonyOH111]

Please pray for me that Jesus is merciful and heals me

[@lolitarazo]

Father Chris God bless! Today you told me the answer of my prayers. :)

[@Ragga-br6sr]

Same here

[@laurensung3196]

Love + Give + Forgiveness = Mercy of God May God have mercy on us and world all the time. Amen. 🇮🇩💓🇮🇩

[@elvinrivera3392]

God bless the chatolic church,im so proud of my faitn,GOD bless you father from Puerto Rico!!!!

[@shannatrinity]

Wow! This was touching. I'm Protestant and was searching online for more information on mercy. This explanation almost brought me to tears. And the idea that mercy is forgiveness in action gives me a good understanding of what Matthew 5:7 is calling believers to do. Thank you for sharing.

[@elegancebythemile]

I love this! I used to think Catholicism was so morbid and focused on how awful we as humans are. My mind started to change about this when I began watching lizziesanswers here on KZbin. In one of her videos she addressed how the idea of "mercy" in the church is different than what the regular world thinks of it. We have been programmed to associate the word "mercy" with someone threatening to kill/torture us and us in turn begging them not to do it, i.e. "HAVE MERCY!!!!" Lizzie explained that the greek word for mercy actually is the same word for olive oil (if this is incorrect, please do let me know!) and that in ancient times olive oil was used as a healing salve in medicine. So in mass when we say "have mercy," it has nothing to do with God's "wrath," but rather it's more like saying "heal us from our pain and struggles." I think that is so beautiful and I wish I had known it sooner. The analogy you gave in this video is wonderful.

[@Kaitlyn-li7wz]

I’m a Protestant, regardless I love this video and how this priest explains mercy. Though Catholics and Protestants don’t see eye to eye on everything I love my brothers and sisters in Christ who are Catholic. Once again, loved this video!

[@julespatrickomana2436]

God, make my heart Humble, meek & full of Mercy, like my Lord Jesus Christ!

[@Brillemeister]

May those who lack faith in His mercy be shown a glimpse of it.

[@phsanchez100]

Beautiful thank you father Woww that’s what I need right now in chronic back pain , praise GOD for his Divine mercy 🙏❤️

[@johannamathieu1756]

God's Mercy is great. I pray that all will take advantage of this great gift of God.

[@marymcnamara8399]

God Bless you Father Chris I watch all your videos and also Father Calloway the world so need Priests like you guys

[@DN-pn7rj]

God's Grace is greater than All our sin. Thank you for the Cross Jesus Christ. For the sake of Your sorrowful Passion have Mercy on us and on the whole world in Jesus Christ Name Amen. Jesus Christ is the face of God the Father's Mercy. What an Amazing thought. Thank you! I loved this video. God Bless you!

[@petercooke5014]

I blood and water which gushed forth from the heart of Jesus as a fount of mercy for us, I trust in you!

[@terijohnson3110]

Thank you Father Chris. Wonderful!

[@samstone812]

Just watched this after confession. His mercy is so loving, i dont even know how to describe the feeling

[@philleykamhuarollno6326]

Fr.Chris you are so amazing by the grace of God. God bless you. Merciful JESUS please have mercy on me on my Family members and on my dear ones. Amen

[@joshuamartinpryce8424]

Beautiful words. Mercy reconciles us to God. When we show people mercy God is proud of us, because this is what He does but on a massive scale.

[@lidiamini9465]

Thank You so much, I needed that. Jesus is The King of Mercy🙏🌹🇵🇱

[@jefferymuter4659]

As a student of OSU, I give you my forgiveness and what mercy I can offer.

[@NapoliESchioETorino]

Awesome explanation. Thank you Holy Spirit for talking to us through Fr. Chris.

[@pvmoore1154]

Thank you teacher! People often say "God is LOVE" which is true,... and that we are saved by Grace, which is true,... but within those two terms,... if I were asked "What is God's greatest attribute",... or,... "Which of His attributes am I most appreciative of?",... hands down,... it has always struck me as His amazing Mercy,... because I am so lost without it. Thank you for explaining this so well! God bless.

[@Lp-ql4tu]

This video blew my mind, thank you so much father Chris!! I thought I was unforgivable even after the sacrament of reconciliation, but you opened my eyes!! Thank you !!

[@Irelandgal]

🌹🌹🌹 Thank you For the life of Fr Seraphim Michalenko from Adams, MA

[@drthoughtprovoker1478]

Thank you, sincerely.

[@mitziehoneyreyes807]

Amen. Thank you Fr. Chris. God bless you more.

[@sharonholmes6083]

Beautiful homily! Thank God for His Divine Mercy! Thank God, for the Novena of Divine Mercy and its chaplet along with Divine Mercy Sunday (the Sunday after Easter)!

[@luperamos8598]

Father you make mi ni live in myself again with this talk becouse I considered tho mis horrible person in the worold I loved the examples you gave about his mercy God bless your mouth an d live

[@williamyoung5001]

Love and Forgiveness is so important!! God is so awesome!!🙏🏽

[@hermelyndapickleball]

Thank you! 🙏😭 Matthew 5:7

[@alicewanjiku3610]

It a good story just when u think it over.. he say I have not started with u yet.. his mercy endure forever

[@AngelaAngel-ee8wn]

Thank You Father

[@ania6577]

Greetings from the country of God's Mercy 😇

[@clennvermeulen542]

Thanks. Mercy rewrote my life.

[@alpinelthabah3444]

I thought I knew all about Mercy, but hey Fr Chris thanks for sharing God's Mercy

[@devoradamaris]

Sharing🫂thankYOU Chicago, IL.

[@allisonphillips668]

I agree! Thank you. Mercy is the greatest love

[@bernadettevischjager4896]

Fr Chris alar. Thank you for your great in-depth. Expiation God Bless you fr

[@imalive4u169]

You nailed it qe are undeserving of Heaven , Heaven being with God only possible because of mercy.

[@jefferymuter4659]

This gave me a huge breakthrough to the Jesus Prayer. Thank you for your contribution.

[@techlingohub]

Be Merciful!!

[@PC-mz5su]

Father thank you what a message I needed to hear this!

[@dominikdominic2075]

Please continue these videos From Chris !!

[@josephchan3801]

Good to talk about God's mercy. Do another video on God's wrath and justice.

[@nidzacrespo9533]

Wonderfully said, thank you Father Cris God bless you always 🙏🏻❤️🇵🇷

[@powerliftingcentaur]

As long as there are men who feel and think as such, there is hope for humankind.

[@farleen]

This was awesome and what I needed to hear. Blessings 🙏🏼❤️

[@zdenkogolubic8578]

Really true. I feel deep in my heart and soul that every single word is truth. God bless you and be merciful on us all + Amen. Hallelujah 💙🙏😇

[@Msc762]

Beautiful

[@maggiebelgie6981]

Beautiful message!!

[@andreibejan1787]

God bless you!!!!

[@NikkiP4444]

What a great explanation of the mercy of God. Unfortunately we did not have God's mercy on July 19, 2018 when my daughter's 6yr old daughter was drowned. Because of 2 irresponsible 25 yr olds, my beautiful granddaughter died. One of the 25 yr olds was her cousin, my grandson. Aliyah's parents, her sister and brother are destroyed. This has pushed them further away from God. It has been 9 months of deep sorrow and pain. We have been praying but it is difficult not to ask why and not to keep asking God to please bring her back.

[@mariab.774]

Terrible. Really sorry to read this. I'll pray for your family

[@gabrielle8155]

🙏💐

[@MrMuugoo]

NikkiPog4444 I will say to you what the church has said to me, suffer well sister, suffer well.

[@mariab.774]

@@MrMuugooVery nice of you. You should be ashamed

[@MrMuugoo]

Maria B. It’s a statement the church tells us to do in our grief and pain, so I have no shame in saying it. Suffer well sister María.

[@zereacristosnew6634]

I heard someone once said about someone who hurted them "if that person went to heaven I don't want to go to heaven" and I think they said they forgave them but they still were in pain because of that person. when I heard that story I felt their pain because I'm in the same situation and I was saying I forgave them too. At that moment I said to myself how would I feel if I see that person in heaven immediately I felt pain and anger in my heart that is when I realized the deference between forgiveness and mercy and I'm still working on it but now I'm trying to have mercy on them the pain is so bad sometimes I cry but I'm fighting with myself. To make it easy I tell myself that there is no pain no hatred no suffering in heaven so I will not be sad if I see them there so it's better not only to forgive them but also to have mercy on them. It's NOT easy but I'm trying

[@joshee-uv8ex]

AMEN AMEN AMEN!!

[@amacr.1549]

What a great video, thank you Father. And Go Blue!

[@hpfan]

Thank you, Father! And Go Blue!!

[@jamesbond9740]

Wao u clear doubts

[@claramariaulloa3828]

Beautiful message 🙏🏻🤗🙏🏻

[@dialedinboxing2453]

I needed to hear this right now 🙌🏼

[@Flyfishing1267-t1e]

Wow great!

[@sweettoothmarie7304]

So enlightening! 🙏

[@4life4eternity]

TY

[@zereacristosnew6634]

All the people in the comment that said this is nice this is good ....... You people never have to forgive or have mercy on someone who destroyed a lot of things in your life I'm glad you're not in that place I advice you to pray so hard not to find yourself in that situation.

[@phildelgiudice3448]

What a wonderful message and God Bless you Father. I’m hoping to attend a Divine Mercy mass this weekend!!

[@markm.5756]

Just EXCELLENT Father! Thank you so much. :-)

[@lizzie2007951]

This is a beautiful video. Love it

[@JoeyC0914]

Best Video ever!!

[@FreedomandBaconHomestead]

Great video and analogy. Go blue and God bless!

[@michaelmcevoy5282]

Great video Thank you GOD BLESS 🕇 🌹 😆

[@happyandblessed5640]

Beautfiul.

[@chestinerenaebullardcooper1083]

Listening

[@fransjudeasamosir]

you made me cry.....:(

[@supsister1]

amen

[@michaele.7137]

Amen! #GodSpeed

[@drawde517]

Amen

[@jmeyer3rn]

Thank you for teaching me about God's mercy. Can God forgive me for my complete lack of hope?

[@ajinshaju3989]

Nizzz😍

[@abdonioloureno2679]

IAM from Goa my name is Abdonio Peixoto Please pray for me and my family

[@adamhovey407]

I have a friend of mine, God bless her though, that has not made the best of choices. I still love her to death, because I remember her specifically telling me, that she wants unconditional love. She was raised not even knowing who her father is, by a mother with mental problems, and one of her stepfathers committed suicide, and although I've definitely have my spats with her, I'm actually very glad she's my friend, because I believe that if you give Mercy, you get Mercy. She was a self-harmer for a little while, and that is something that I recovered from, I'm 31, the last time I cut myself I was 18 , and I remember talking to her about it, and instead of yelling at her or scolding her, I asked her the one question that we need to ask the people that we love when they do something that harms others or ourselves, and that question is "why"? I still think she makes some terrible decisions, and I will tell her as such, but I will never judge the state of her soul, because there are some things she may not be culpable of. I wish I could phrase more eloquently, but I hope I've made my point.

[@ItsEllis113]

Please pray for me. I’ve been struggling with some things.

[@elgoldyjoey1018]

Amen!!!!!

[@Akacja-333]

When once I asked the Lord Jesus how He could tolerate so many sins and crimes and not punish them, the Lord answered me, I have eternity for punishing [these], and so I am prolonging the time of mercy for the sake of [sinners]. But woe to them if they do not recognize this time of My visitation. My daughter, secretary of My mercy, your duty is not only to write about and proclaim My mercy, but also to beg for this grace for them, so that they too may glorify My mercy. Diary Faustina Kowalska 1 1160

[@mariajoseph3853]

God is merciless

[@sosoolee]

Amen 🙏💒🇰🇷🇺🇸💕

[@WestsidePredator]

To be fair all I hear these days is mercy, Catholics have seemingly completely forgotten what justice and punishment is. You can’t have mercy without justice and vice versa.

[@Cristinact]

"Compassion" is a buzz word nowadays, but we really need to re-assess the Christian word: mercy

[@williepage84]

My girlfriend seems to have none, any advise? God be with you and thanks.

[@cian5260]

She's a support in Overwatch

[@peterraab5920]

We don't understand these things to do with love life ourselves

[@kathleenwharton2139]

Gods Mercy is when HE Gives each and every person..that which HE knows they Need. Our Mercy is when we refrain from judging another person..because we do not know what they need.

[@johnwauters8576]

🏥⭐🌹👰🏻⛑️✊

[@kar3n35]

I went to goverment office and this mean woman treated me so bad and with arrogance she didnt grant me my car plates. but she made a mistake and gave me 100 dollars back. I went back and someone else gave me my plates. mean woman came by and acused me of taking 100 dollar. I made a point it was her fault and her boss said pay from ur own money... I went to atm and gave her 100 buck. I repaid her good for evil when i didnt have to. I had mercy on her. And prayed to soften her heart.

[@1armijo]

Mercy, what if that same criminal recommits murder by horrible means repeatedly once he leaves prison, when does Cesar step in? What does it take, how many must die. Mercy is fine for the repentant .

[@Msc762]

Agape

[@tryhardf844]

He is the youngest priest ive seen in a while.

[@isaiah3872]

Really? You should look around, he's actually on the older end compared to many other priests I've come across

[@tryhardf844]

@@isaiah3872 Then maybe perhaps he looks younger:0

[@DELSTAR1]

An order of religious women.

[@abytebit]

Yeah, in imagination how beautiful it is, but in reality it's nothing. AND where is Mercy come from? Why should have Mercy? What kind game this is?

[@seta-san2149]

Strike First Strike Hard No Mercy