Mercy and Humanization walk together. The role of Mercy is to humanize the person. It is to insert-itself newly in the life with person, with society, returning all the rights and were taken away; returning the right to liberty that was robbed; returning the right to the dignity of the son of God that was lost. Mercy itself assumes the rights and citizen of Heaven and Christian, and therefore, it cures all self image that was damaged.

If there was no humanization, mercy would not become a fact in the life of the person. Mercy is to forget that which the other does and restores the relationship with the person as it was before. Whoever acts with mercy does not remain in vigil waiting to see if the person commits the same sin.

Mercy cannot be used as a pretext to eliminate, or exclude persons.

Fr. Reinaldo
Canção Nova

Fr. Reinaldo, ordained for the New Song Community and writes from the Diocese of Palmas, Brazil.

Translated from Portuguese