Last Sunday, the Feast of the Divine Mercy, Pope Francis formally proclaimed an Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy from 8th December 2015 until 20th November 2016. I have quoted a few paragraphs of the document Misericordiae Vultus - "The Face of Mercy" - in the newsletter. The full text of this document can be read here. Here are the opening words:
Jesus Christ is the face of the Father’s mercy. These words might well sum up the mystery of the Christian faith. Mercy has become living and visible in Jesus of Nazareth, reaching its culmination in him. The Father, “rich in mercy”, after having revealed his name to Moses as “a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness”, has never ceased to show, in various ways throughout history, his divine nature. In the “fullness of time”, when everything had been arranged according to his plan of salvation, he sent his only Son into the world, born of the Virgin Mary, to reveal his love for us in a definitive way. Whoever sees Jesus sees the Father. Jesus of Nazareth, by his words, his actions, and his entire person reveals the mercy of God.
