On the left Fr. Neftali Sanchez Tinoco, one of the first ordained Legionary priests, co-founder in Ireland in the early 1960s; he left soon after and returned to his diocese in Michoacan, Mexico, where Maciel recruited him at the age of 12. In this recent photo he looks full of peace.
[From the I st Sunday after Easter]
Today is the Sunday of Divine Mercy. John Paul II died on the eve of this feast day, so beloved by him. It is the marvelous expression of God's love for humanity. We are all sinners. We are all children of God, here in this world to choose good, to let ourselves by loved by God. Sometimes we think that our personal sin distances us from God. The opposite is true: when the soul acknowledges that it has sinned, and experiences its impotence, it is in that moment of sincere humility that it can be invaded by God's love that comes to meet it, and loves us even more than before. God is vulnerable to our humility.
Humility is the personal expression our our truth; it is soft and silent; source of peace. We all need God's Mercy. All of us. Today is the day for us to realize that we all need love, so we can open up fearlessly to love, as a person and as an institution.
Today is a day for us to experience that there is always a clear path to take a step forward. We are not alone.
Nieves Garcia, former member of Regnum Christi
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La Iglesia celebra hoy el domingo de la misericordia. Juan Pablo II falleció en la víspera de esta fiesta, tan querida para él.
Es la expresión maravillosa del amor de Dios por los hombres. Somos pecadores, todos. No hay buenos y perfectos y malos y pecadores. Todos somos hijos de Dios, que estamos en esta vida para elegir el bien, para dejarnos amar por Dios. A veces pensamos que nuestro pecado personal nos aleja de Dios. Resulta todo lo contrario, cuando el alma reconoce que ha pecado, experimenta su impotencia y es en ese momento de humildad sincera cuando puede ser invadida por el amor de Dios que sale a su paso, y nos quiere incluso más de lo que nos quería antes. Dios es vulnerable a nuestra humildad.
La humildad es la expresión personal de la verdad, es suave y silenciosa. Es fuente de paz.
Todos necesitamos de la misericordia, todos. Hoy es un día para reconocernos necesitados del amor, para abrirnos a la verdad sin miedo, la verdad personal y la verdad institucional.
Es un día para experimentar que siempre hay un camino limpio para dar un paso hacia adelante. No estamos solos.
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