Teologia miłosierdzia Bożego

Miłość i miłosierdzie są dwoma wymiarami jednej łaski: miłość Boża stwarza, a miłosierdzie Boże – oczyszcza i doskonali naturę człowieka. Miłosierdzie jest więc warunkiem doprowadzenia człowieka do uczestniczenia w naturze Bożej. Mówiąc krótko: stwarza człowieka miłość, a zbawia miłosierdzie.

God’s Mercy never threatens man’s dignity. It elevates human dignity to the Divine level of “second creation.” This is a kind of “divinization” of man, in which human love is transformed by the Divine mercy into closeness to God. Divine Mercy compensates all human imperfections – not only sins, but all kinds of weakness and limitations of the person’s existence. This is how love and mercy are in the heart of the relationship between God and man. Love and mercy are two aspects of one grace: The grace of Divine Love gives life, while the grace of Divine Mercy purifies and perfects human nature. Therefore, Divine Mercy is a precondition on human participation in the nature of God. To put it briefly, man is created through love and saved through mercy.