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1. Whipping the Money Changers

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Father Joe

The First Notorious Mystery

The veneration of our Lord as the Divine Mercy is a popular devotion today. However, the scene of Jesus whipping the money changers from the temple is an illustration that Jesus is also the Divine Justice. Indeed, mercy and justice meet in Christ. It is a scene that makes us uncomfortable and would shake us from passivity or indifference in faith. God can forgive anything but everything will not be excused. The souls in purgatory know the price for the temporal punishment due because of sin. God wants us to love him above all things; but he will not force our hand. Mercy requires contrite hearts and a purpose of amendment. One day we will meet the Christ of Judgment. There will be no more pretenses and God will not be deceived. The saints can look forward to the fullness of unity in the Lord and a reward of lasting peace and happiness. Unrepentant sinners will face the ugly truth about themselves. They will know frustration, pain and fire.

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